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Pioneering professor performs 30,000th laser eye procedure

14 April 2025 | laser, refractive, career, professional development, achievement, Moorfields, LASEK
A Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Moorfields Private Hospital consultant has performed his 30,000th refractive laser eye procedure (at Moorfields Private), 36 years after he carried out the first of its kind in the UK. In 1989, while...

Work experience in ophthalmology as an A-Level student

5 September 2023 | | EYE - General
Importance of work experience Medical schools expect applicants to understand what a career in medicine involves, which can be gained through work experience and volunteering. It is strongly recommended by the Medical Schools Council that work experience involves working in...

Cataract surgery supervision

1 June 2019 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
Senior trainees supervising other more junior trainees’ cataract surgery is a skill which needs to be taught and developed with care. It is beneficial for senior trainees as it provides an opportunity to develop supervision techniques prior to consultancy and...

Mindfulness and cataract surgery experience in ophthalmology doctors in training

4 August 2025 | | EYE - Cataract
Mindfulness can be described as the state in which one is to be fully present in the moment, which draws parallels with surgery. The origins of mindfulness stem from ancient Buddhist traditions, and its utilisation in recent times in the...

Things I’d tell my medical school self, had I known my first year on the job would be during a global pandemic

5 June 2020 | | EYE - General
In a conversation with his younger self, a foundation doctor reflects on the contrast between his expectations of medicine at university and the reality of working during the coronavirus pandemic. Every doctor arrives at medical school with nervous anticipation, yet...

Intravitreal injections delivered by ophthalmic clinical nurse specialists

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Intravitreal injections of the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent ranibizumab, for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was approved by National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) in 2008 [1]. The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH),...

My experience of the transition into a specialist orthoptist role

1 August 2018 | | EYE - General
Michelle Dent discusses the process of transitioning into a new role and the pros and cons along the way. An opportunity arose for a permanent, full time, band 7 specialist role in the medical retina (MR) team in the Newcastle...

Ambitions for sustainable service recovery amidst an escalating post-COVID backlog

5 April 2022 | | EYE - General
Rod McNeil reviews plans, activity and solutions to better address the post-COVID backlog and bolster sustainable service recovery. Ophthalmology was the busiest outpatient specialty during the three years to March 2020 across the English NHS and again recorded the highest...

New survey reveals over half of UK adults expect to experience sight loss in the next 10 years.

18 October 2024 | macular, AMD, Apellis, industry, survey, sight loss
This survey and media article are fully organised and funded by Apellis. New survey reveals over half of UK adults expect to experience sight loss in the next 10 years. Yet more than one in four (29%) of those surveyed...

Ocular Dirofilariasis: a diagnosis on the rise?

1 February 2015 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Dirofilaria repens is one of 40 species of Dirofilaria. It is a zoonotic filarial nematode that commonly impacts dogs, however, human infection can occur through affected organs like skin, lung and eyes [1]. Although, there have been case reports of...

In conversation with Professor Bernie Chang, President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists

6 April 2021 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
Congratulations on your appointment as RCOphth President in May last year. COVID-19 hit just before your presidency started. This must have been an incredibly challenging time to take the reins. How has the College risen to the challenges? Thank you....

Specsavers Launches brand new Roblox Obby

11 April 2024 | optometry, opticians, gamines, entertainment, Education, children, industry
Specsavers has unveiled the ‘Specsavers Obby’, a new branded obstacle course game and virtual merchandise giveaway on Roblox, marking the high-street retailer’s commitment to educating younger generations and continued steps into the gaming space.