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Innovations in posterior uveitis: In conversation with Dr Colin Chu

1 July 2025 | | EYE - Imaging
A research team has been awarded significant funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to develop an innovative drug-device combination that aims to revolutionise how individual immune cells are monitored and treated in patients at Moorfields...

The College of Optometrists launches its Manifesto for Wales: Securing sustainable eye care

9 April 2026 | optometry, services, environmental
The College of Optometrists has today published its Manifesto for Wales: Securing sustainable eye care, calling on the next Welsh Government to continue leading the way by expanding community eyecare services to further improve access to eyecare and prevent avoidable...

What can artificial intelligence do to improve sustainability in the delivery of ophthalmic care?

1 December 2025 | | sustainability, artificial intelligence, technology
The 2025 NHS 10-year plan, titled ‘Fit for the Future’, emphasises a significant shift from analogue to digital, with a strong focus on integrating AI and other technologies to transform healthcare. The plan aims to make the NHS the "most...

The restorative prescription: The case for carbon-negative healthcare

1 June 2026 | | sustainability
The Hippocratic Oath begins with a simple, profound directive: ‘First, do no harm.’ Yet, for decades, the global healthcare sector has been locked in a quiet paradox. While doctors work tirelessly to treat illnesses, heat exhaustion and vector-borne diseases, the...

Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE)

4 March 2022 | | EYE - General
Peter Cackett, Tim ffytche and Dr Irina Gout reflect on historic ophthalmic aid sent to Eastern Europe. This article was written prior to the horrific events in Ukraine. An appeal for funds and equipment may be made by OAEE later...

Supranuclear ocular motility disorders

1 June 2022 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Figure 1: Bilateral INO Introduction Complex ocular motility disorders are a diagnostic challenge. These patients come with very complex ocular motility presentations and require a careful and detailed assessment in order to find the correct diagnosis and arrange appropriate investigations....

Aqueous misdirection: a case series of unexpected surgical complications

3 June 2024 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Aqueous misdirection (AM), also known as malignant glaucoma, is a form of secondary glaucoma that typically presents with shallowing of the anterior chamber (AC), raised intraocular pressure (IOP), and reduced visual acuity (VA) in the presence of patent peripheral iridotomies...

An uncommon late postoperative complication of combined cataract surgery and intravitreal triamcinolone injection

1 December 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Case report A 64-year-old female with diabetic maculopathy (DMO) underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in her right eye combined with intravitreal triamcinolone (IVTA). Diabetes control was poor with HbA1c (IFCC) of 119mmol/mol and blood sugar level of 27mmol/L....

Therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency: cell fate after limbal stem cell transplants

1 October 2014 | | EYE - Cornea
“The beauty of scientific research lies in that the search for answers often yields yet more questions.” A large body of evidence points to the corneoscleral limbal location as the repository of putative epithelial stem cells [1]. Thoft proposed the...

Maximising the ocular surface prior to cataract surgery: The old and the new modalities of treatment

3 June 2026 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea
Cataract surgery is among the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide. Over time, it has evolved from a lens-extraction procedure into a refractive intervention that demands meticulous perioperative planning and precision to achieve optimal outcomes. Optimisation of the ocular surface...

“Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!”

1 June 2018 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: “Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!” Twenty-five years ago when Eye News launched, a news headline such...

Patients blinded by stem cells! How safe are they really?

1 October 2018 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Patients blinded by stem cells! How safe are they really? Ever since the successful results following...