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Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking / UKISOP Society Education Day

1 December 2013 |
Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking By Dan Gore Over the last decade, clinical trial data has accumulated for new interventions in keratoconus that promise to arrest disease progression, significantly reduce transplantation rates and save many patients from long-term reliance on...

Windows 10 and Chrome sharing

1 April 2020 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
Windows 10 on OCT scanners and cameras It has been well publicised that Windows 7 has finally been retired. No more patches and fixes are being released, at least for home users. Some NHS institutions and businesses have expensive extended...

Periocular burns: a literature review of classification, management protocols and outcomes of treatment

1 October 2021 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
The author provides a review of the current literature regarding the principles of classification, management protocols of acute ocular and periocular burns and the role of the burn and oculoplastic surgeon involved in their care. More than two-thirds of facial...

Choosing a subspecialty

1 October 2019 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
It is quite worrying how many registrars reach the final years of training without choosing a subspecialty. Sometimes this is because they love everything and cannot countenance giving any of it up, but more commonly this is due to various...

“She’s the Lewis Capaldi of the art world”: the young visually impaired artist transforming creativity

20 February 2024 | art, visual impairment, artist, creativity, RNIB, Scotland
Hannah Evans (17) from Linlithgow, has been creating art since she was three years old and has three group exhibitions and three large solo shows under her belt. She is also partially sighted, autistic, and has specific learning and communication disabilities.

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Independent Opticians Win SightCare Excellence Awards at the 2022 SightCare Business & Networking Conference

14 February 2023
Six deserving independent optical practices were named as winners in the 2022 SightCare Awards celebrating the independent spirit.

Save the date for the SEE Summit

2 May 2023 | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainability, Opticians, climate change
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is calling on everyone across the optical professions and industry to save 9 October 2023 for the third SEE Summit on the Environment.

Early bird bookings are open for Optometry Tomorrow 2024 – now incorporating BCLA Focus

20 September 2023 | BCLA, College of Optometrists, optometry, CPD
Taking place from 28-29 April 2024, at the Telford International Centre, the flagship conference of The College of Optometrists now incorporates the biennial UK conference of the British Contact Lens Association.

New AOP members elected to join Hospital Optometrists Committee

16 November 2023 | AOP, Association of Optometrists, Lucy Andrews, Claire Melvin, Emma Spofforth
The appointment of Lucy Andrews and Claire Melvin confirmed at the AOP’s Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference.

New President and President-elect of the UK and Éire Glaucoma Society announced (1)

2 February 2024 | UKEGS, Nishani Amerasinghe, President, glaucoma
Glaucoma UK has announced the appointments of the new President and President-elect for its UK and Éire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS).

Inaugural IP education session hailed a hit

14 February 2024 | prescribers, optometry, Conference, events, Keyur Patel
A pioneering session has brought together a group of independent prescribers to create content ‘for practitioners by practitioners’ for use in real world scenarios.