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RNIB CEO to step down in December 2025
Matt Stringer, Chief Executive of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has announced that he will be stepping down from his role. Matt has led RNIB through some challenging times such as the statutory inquiry, the Covid-19 pandemic...From the Editors: Back in the habit!
Recently I spoke at an ophthalmic conference in London. It was amazing to be back amongst friends and colleagues in person again, to learn and share with one another. I also took the opportunity to stay on for a few...2030 In Sight: Ending avoidable sight loss
Over 2.2 billion people on our planet live with visual impairment or blindness with 1.1 billion unable to access affordable treatment. The 2030 In Sight sector strategy led by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is an...Four pillars: Education
This series explores the four pillars of advanced clinical practice and here, Catherine Garrott explores the pillar of education. Advanced clinical practice applies to all allied healthcare professionals (AHP) in ophthalmology, such as nurses, orthoptists and optometrists. As our roles...Working smarter not harder: How to transform eyecare delivery in the United Kingdom (part 2)
Are we doing enough to meet the current demands on ophthalmic services? In part two of a two-part series (see Part 1 here), Rosalind Harrison explains how efficiency can be improved by setting up eye services in community hubs. The...Reflections on deployment to ICU
Being unexpectedly uprooted from ophthalmology to ICU during the coronavirus pandemic was certainly a challenge, not just clinically, but emotionally and personally. However, it is only through adversary that we learn to appreciate what we have, and there are definitely...
Global prevalence of strabismus
With a need for relevant information to design plans for screening, early diagnosis and timely management, the aim of this study was to present a systematic review of the sources to provide an estimate of the global prevalence of strabismus...ARVO (The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2025
i3: imagining innovation and intelligence in vision science This is an incredibly exciting time in ophthalmology and vision science research. Technological innovations have allowed us to probe the workings of the eye from the microscopic to the macroscopic level with...
Nicotine accelerates diabetes induced retinal changes
This study investigated the influence of nicotine in an experimentally induced diabetic rat model. They used non-invasive high-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging to provide quantitative information on the temporal alterations of retinal structures at the micrometer resolution...
Nystagmus surgery
This study used a questionnaire-based assessment of the qualitative experience of adults and parents of children who had 4-muscle tenotomy surgery for nystagmus. Pre and postoperative video recordings and visual acuity measurements were used to objectively assess the physical effect...
