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Practice tips: Directions in cataract surgery services and preventing postcataract endophthalmitis

1 August 2015 | Rod McNeil | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Future directions in the delivery of high quality cataract surgery services and approved intracameral prophylactic approaches to lowering the risk of postcataract infective endophthalmitis were debated by consultant ophthalmic surgeons in a recent London seminar, held at the Royal Society...

The history of ophthalmology: John Argyll Robertson and Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson

1 June 2019 | Steven Kerr | EYE - General

The author shares the story of an extraordinary father and son, two of the major figures in defining the specialty of ophthalmology as we know it today. The renowned Glasgow Surgeon Peter Lowe described ophthalmic surgery in his legendary surgical...

Strabismus and ocular motility, demystified

3 April 2024 | Rhys Gitau-Jones, Catrin Bertalot | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General

I am a former orthoptist, now trained in medicine and working as a foundation doctor. In my previous work, I was frequently approached by ophthalmology trainees eager for guidance with strabismus and ocular motility. Drawing on my clinical experience, I...

3D printing and ophthalmology

3 August 2023 | David Haider | EYE - General

3D printers have been available in the home market for many years, with the range of models increasing over time and the costs reducing. Historically, 3D printers have built a reputation of being complex and uncommon, most needing significant assembly...

UK doctors seek new opportunities down under

18 July 2023 | travel, Australia, GP, opportunities, jobs

Australian medical clinics and recruiters are seeing a significant rise in applications and enquiries from UK General Practitioners hoping to move down under. As junior doctors strike for more pay and pressure increases on the NHS, Australia is becoming an...

Haag-Streit’s 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024' includes new video category

15 April 2024 | competition, entries, imaging, photography, submissions, opportunities, awards, slit lamp, ahp, allied health professions

Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is delighted to launch the Haag-Streit 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition' in the UK once again.

Patient safety – is this achieved in optometry with CET?

1 August 2018 | Janet Pooley | EYE - General

Collecting points and ticking boxes – as we come to the end of another three year cycle of continuing education and training (CET), the rush to ensure that everything has been completed on the myGOC (General Optical Council) dashboard feels...

Meeting the needs of older patients in optics

1 February 2019 | Fiona Anderson | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Fiona Anderson discusses the important role of community-based eyecare practitioners in meeting the visual needs of ageing patients. It has been well documented that today we live for longer. Statistics show in 1997, around one in every six people (15.9%)...

“I can see fine. Why do I need my eyes tested?”

2 December 2019 | Janet Pooley | EYE - General

Are routine eye examinations really necessary? The author asks whether frequent appointments in low-risk patients with normal results are actually cost-effective. It’s recommended that most people should get their eyes tested every two years.” [1] This message is widely publicised...

Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services

1 April 2020 | David O’Sullivan | EYE - General

In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...

ST3 Trainee experience of cataract surgery training in high flow settings in the independent sector

5 June 2023 | Oonagh Crothers, Qasim Mansoor | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

As an ST3 trainee, I was provided with the opportunity to complete a surgical training rotation at Newmedica Middlesborough, which involved cataract training on NHS patients undergoing surgery in the independent sector (IS). This reflective account highlights the experience from...

Ultrasound biomicroscopy (part 2): primary angle closure

1 December 2016 | Rizwana Siddiqi, Pravin Pandey, Peter Antony Good | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging

Patients with primary angle closure or primary angle closure glaucoma [PAC(G)] comprise a significant subgroup affecting around 10% of glaucoma patients amongst Caucasians. Assessment of the patient with angle closure, or narrow angles, requires gonioscopy. However, whilst identifying the presence...

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