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The art of ophthalmic simulations

For Dec/Jan 2024, I got in touch with Nicky Webster, a Principal 3D Artist at FundamentalVR (https://fundamentalsurgery.com). Nicky is also a registered medical illustrator, healthcare scientist and medical photographer. With over 18 years of experience working in various disciplines within...

In conversation with Iqbal K Ahmed - From across the Atlantic

Ike (Iqbal) K Ahmed is a pioneering ophthalmologist from Canada, currently serving as Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Utah. He is also the Research Fellowship Director, Department of Ophthalmology, University...

Revolutionising eyecare: Gloucestershire’s Community Ophthalmic Link delivers nationally significant results

Ophthalmology is the largest outpatient specialty in the NHS, and in Gloucestershire, it is growing at an annual rate of 2.55%, outpacing other specialties. However, rising demand has led to significant waiting lists, often resulting in patients not being seen...

Sight Scotland urge new First Minister to "open his eyes to inclusivity and accessibility challenges for vision impaired"

Sight Scotland and its sister charity Sight Scotland Veterans are calling on the new Frist Minister, Humza Yousaf MSP, to improve inclusivity and accessibility for the vision impaired.

A novel integrated practice unit (IPU) approach to periocular skin cancer management

The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the biggest challenges to face NHS workers. However, history has repeatedly shown that times of difficulty can result in the development of significant social and technological advances. We describe our own experience of this...

Primary eyecare professionals encouraged to refresh paediatric knowledge ahead of sector-wide children's eye health campaign

Practitioners across the UK are being encouraged to refresh their knowledge, skills and confidence in paediatric eye care ahead of a new sector-wide child eye health public awareness campaign launching in the early autumn. The campaign will encourage parents and...

Conference Preview: OOC 2025

Leading us into July this year will be the 108th Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (OOC), the longest-standing congress dedicated to ophthalmology in the UK. This year, the OOC has attracted the largest number of abstracts it has ever seen in its...

Current literature evidence for fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rapid vision-degrading presentation of IIH with limited published studies. This narrative review aims to collate current knowledge around fulminant IIH presentation and visual outcomes. Search terms included IIH, benign intracranial hypertension, or pseudo-tumour...

Updated staging of LCHADD retinopathy

The authors present their proposal for an updated staging system for Long-Chain 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency retinopathy. This is a rare mitochondrial disease due to deficiency of the long chain fatty acid oxidation pathway. Forty patients who were part of...

A trip up north: Eye News Symposium 2020

New accents, friendly smiles and haggis served with my traditional morning breakfast, I knew at this point that I was a long way from the south of England, where this story begins.

RCOphth Annual Congress - Day 3

Follow live updates and key highlights from Day 3 of the RCOphth Annual Congress.

Management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness in the working-age population. Due to the worsening global epidemic of diabetes, the incidence of morbidity caused by the disease is set to increase [1]. The prevalence of diabetes in the UK...