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My journey as advanced ophthalmic emergency nurse practitioner

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Grace Eni explores her own achievements as an advanced nurse practitioner, emphasising the influential range and significance of this role in ophthalmic care. A pioneering position and job title in the UK and possibly globally, advanced nurse practitioner roles were...

Open access, global reach: Rethinking eye health education

5 October 2026 | | EYE - General
For many eye health professionals, the barriers to further training are practical rather than motivational. Time away from clinic, course fees and restrictive entry requirements can all limit access. This can be particularly true for colleagues working in under-resourced settings...

Enhancing ophthalmology training: Unleashing the power of simulation

2 August 2024 | | EYE - General
Ethical and practical barriers hinder early surgical experience in ophthalmology training [1], which is problematic when early-career trainees bring a higher risk of poor surgical outcomes and patient harm [2]. The European working time directive and the surgical backlog secondary...

Ocular bubbly: a vitreoretinal update on the art of gases

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The authors remind us of the revolutionary impact gases have had on retinal surgery. In 1938, Rosengren attempted to improve his retina repair surgical outcomes [1]. He discovered that suturing the retina or pressing externally on the sclera were not...

2018/19 Ophthalmology Honours results announced

13 March 2019
Recipients of the 2018/19 Ophthalmology Honours by Bayer were recognised during a presentation held at BMA House, London.

New IGA research award

11 February 2020
Applications open for new £50,000 glaucoma research Allied Healthcare professionals award The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) announces call for applications for new £50,000 Allied Healthcare professionals award for glaucoma research. The new award, which opened on 21 October 2019 and...

Fight for Sight continues to promote eye research

7 April 2020
Eye research charity Fight for Sight has announced its latest project funding and its plans for continuing its efforts to advance eye research in the current global health crisis and beyond.

Entries open for SOC e-poster competition

15 January 2021
The Scottish Ophthalmological Club meeting will take place on 24 February.

CBM launches the Light up Lives appeal

18 February 2021
CBM has launched a fundraising appeal to improve access to sight-saving treatment in Zimbabwe, and until 20 May all public donations will be doubled by the UK government.

Glaucoma Awareness Week: Glaucoma UK to focus on hereditary nature of disease

7 June 2021
With so many people looking forward to reuniting with family and friends, Glaucoma Awareness Week will focus on the fact that glaucoma can be hereditary and the importance of loved ones in the lives of patients with the disease.

SOC welcomes registrations and poster submissions for September meeting

27 July 2021
The theme of the Scottish Ophthalmological Club spring meeting on 23 September is ‘Post COVID – The Best of Times and The Worst of Times', featuring eminent speakers on a range of topics.

Patient care a family affair at Newcastle-Under-Lyme eye hospital

14 March 2022
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mother and daughter Lisa Moors and Hannah Young won’t have to wait until next Sunday to spend time together - the pair work side-by-side, caring for hundreds of cataract surgery patients each week...