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New rules on capturing a homeless patient’s address will correct ‘major health inequality’, says the AOP
The Association of Optometrists (AOP) has welcomed an announcement by NHS England, which confirms that patients without a fixed address, including people who are homeless or rough sleeping, have a route to access NHS sight care by proving an alternative address.Spectacle Makers' Charity: Student Bursary Scheme opens for 2024-25 academic year
The Spectacle Makers’ Charity has this week opened applications for student bursaries for the 2024-25 academic year. Since launch, the bursary scheme has helped more than 120 students enrolled on degree and diploma courses in dispensing, orthoptics, optometry, ophthalmic imaging...
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery – A Practical Guide
The treatment of patients with mild to moderate glaucoma has evolved rapidly in the last decade. Traditionally, medical and laser treatments were the mainstay of therapy for this group of patients. Trabeculectomy, non-penetrating surgery and glaucoma drainage implants were reserved...South-South collaboration for the treatment of avoidable blindness in Botswana
This article describes the value of South-South collaboration in the reduction of avoidable blindness. Specifically it describes a South-South collaboration between India and Botswana that evolved out of the VISION 2020 LINK between Cambridge University Hospitals, two institutions in India...Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...Could the sclera be key to glaucoma?
The glaucomas are a group of conditions characterised by optic neuropathy and associated visual field defects. Of these, chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG) – diagnosed on the basis of progressive structural changes to the optic nerve head (ONH) and nerve fibre...How to diagnose and treat Acanthamoeba keratitis
Corneal ulceration caused by Acanthamoeba is on the rise, and recent publications indicate an outbreak in the UK over the last few years [1]. Since Acanthamoeba keratitis often presents with atypical features, diagnosis from slit-lamp examination alone can often be...DVSA misses opportunity to improve sight standards for motorists, warns AOP
The Association of Optometrists welcomes the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s latest plans to review how sight tests are administered but urges the implementation of fail-safe visual assessment methods.What's trending Apr/May 2026
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #WinterOlympics #SpeedSkates The Winter Olympics have been a fantastic spectacle. It is always amazing to see such skill and athleticism in...IWD 2024: Women-led eye care is helping to shrink the blindness gender gap in Bangladesh
International Women's Day 2024 - a lack of female health providers is stealing the sight of women around the world. Blindness prevention charity Orbis is working to change this.
