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Cataract care at Peterborough eye hospital rated ‘outstanding’ by Care Quality Commission

SpaMedica in Peterborough has been awarded the highest possible rating following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

UK ophthalmologists discuss value of ultra-widefield multimodality retinal imaging

Utilising optomap ultra-widefield (UWF™) multimodality retinal imaging with integrated SS (or SD) OCT in clinical practice contributes to identifying unexpected pathologies in a patient without visual complaints, report 81% of clinicians at industry webinar.

ABDO response to free sight tests for special schools

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has issued the following response to government’s and NHS England’s announcement on free sight tests for special schools.

Views invited on the future Special Schools Eye Care Service

NHS England are consulting on the current model of the Special Schools Eye Care service that is live in 83 schools across England.

Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical

“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...

£1 million gift from patient-focused charity for new centre for advancing eye health

Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital, the charity providing volunteer support and patient experience services at Moorfields Eye Hospital, has pledged £1 million to Moorfields Eye Charity towards a new centre for advancing eye health, opening in 2027.

SpaMedica eyes innovation, unveiling UK first-of-its-kind vision care centre in Hereford

New relocatable Ophthalmic Diagnostic and Treatment Centre will deliver comprehensive eyecare directly into local communities. In a commitment to revolutionise community healthcare, a first-of-its-kind eye health centre has been launched in Hereford by SpaMedica, designed specifically to deliver high-quality eyecare...

Conference Report: Scottish Ophthalmological Club Spring 2025 Meeting

The biannual Scottish Ophthalmological Club (SOC) meeting took place on 21 February 2025 in the rolling hills of Stirling at the Stirling Court Hotel. Kindly hosted by NHS Forth Valley, the free paper session commenced after a cordial opening message...

AONT (Association of Ophthalmic Nurses and Technicians) Online Glaucoma Session

Soft-launch of The Association of Ophthalmic Nurses and Technicians (AONT).

Moorfields International Corneal & Cataract Symposium 2024

Mr Alexander Ionides & Mr Mark Wilkins, supported by Théa Pharmaceuticals, NuVison Biotherapies, Altomed Ltd. and Daybreak Medical, are pleased to invite you to register your place for the 2024 Moorfields International Corneal & Cataract Symposium! The programme is under construction and will include 14 talks on current Cornea & Cataract topics from Moorfields, UK and international keynote speakers. Confirmed keynote speakers include Dr Soosan Jacob from Dr Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals, Chennai, India, Prof Adnan Tufail and Prof Paul Foster from Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Thea are pleased to be the gold sponsors of this event along with Altomed, NuVision and Daybreak - silver sponsors.

Scottish Paediatric Regional Ophthalmologists’ Group Annual meeting 2025

SPROGS was established in 2002 as a group of NHS paediatric ophthalmologists based in Scotland, plus doctors from other specialties, vision scientists and allied health professionals interested in children’s eye conditions. We meet in person annually, usually in June, at...

Master Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy training course

Enhance your ophthalmology examination skills with this one-day hands-on training course, led by Dr. Andrew Blaikie, Consultant Ophthalmologist at NHS Fife. Held at FORGE, a state-of-the-art simulation and training centre at Queen Margaret Hospital, this course is ideal for ophthalmology...