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Four pillars: Education

4 August 2025 | | EYE - General
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...

My Top Five: Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology Prize Exam Tips

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
The prestigious Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology exam in the UK is aimed at medical students who have completed their ophthalmology undergraduate teaching but is open to all medical undergraduates provided they have not graduated at the time of the examination....

Applying for ophthalmology ST1 in 2026: What’s new?

5 December 2025 | | EYE - General
Competition for ophthalmology ST1 has intensified steadily over recent cycles, rising from ~9:1 (2022) to ~10:1 (2023), ~14:1 (2024) and ~22:1 (2025) [1]. Against this background, applicants benefit from a structured approach: mapping achievements to portfolio domains early, identifying gaps...

Origami and ophthalmology: precision unfolded

2 February 2024 | | EYE - General
For Eye News Feb/Mar 2024, I was delighted to hear from Dr Hosam Aglan. In New Zealand at the time, Dr Aglan shared wonderful insights into the art of folding origami, along with images from his own creations. The role...

Third nerve palsy

1 August 2017 | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Case scenarios A 71-year-old female presented to a nearby eye emergency unit with two days history of partial ptosis in her left eye with diplopia. She saw her GP earlier that day and he asked her to go to the...

Easter Weekend sees the start of Innovia Face Visor production

15 April 2020
Innovia Medical Group has announced that production of its Innovia Face Visor is now underway.

Pulling on the heart strings: ophthalmologist fundraises for GOSH

2 April 2021
NIHR Doctoral Fellow Sohaib Rufai is sharing his guitar performances to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

The Spectacle Makers’ Charity takes up the challenge of glaucoma in Nigeria

16 August 2022
The Glaucoma-NET was established by the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme in 2021 to address the high levels of irreversible blindness due to glaucoma in low-income countries. It aims to preserve the sight of people with glaucoma through bringing together patients, clinicians, researchers, NGOs and Ministries of Health, with a lasting and sustainable impact.

New partnership to prevent unnecessary sight loss

13 December 2022
Sight loss charity the Macular Society has announced a new partnership with OcuPlan, a service designed to give patients with long-term eye conditions such as macular disease affordable access to specialist care to prevent unnecessary sight loss.

The AOP welcomes the extended rollout of the special schools eyecare service

27 June 2023 | AOP, OPTOMETRY, SCHOOL, EDUCATION, CHILDREN
The AOP responds to the announcement on sight tests in special schools.

New eye hospital opens in Telford

26 July 2023 | SpaMedica, hospital, Construction, infrastructure
NHS cataract surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy patients will benefit from high-quality care and significantly reduced waiting times at new SpaMedica hospital.

Midland Eye performs its first Presserflo Microshunt to treat Glaucoma

25 September 2023 | Midland Eye, Glaucoma, Presserflo Microshunt, Surgery, Success stories
Eye clinic, Midland Eye, announces the success of its first sight-saving Preserflo Microshunt glaucoma procedure.