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Practice Plus Group: CSR in primary care optometry

28 April 2025
Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology are delighted to offer a virtual accredited event for local referrers: ‘CSR in primary care optometry’Central serous retinopathy (CSR) is the fourth most common medical retinal condition which affects mainly patients of working age. It is...

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28 April 2025
Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology are delighted to offer a virtual accredited event for local referrers: ‘CSR in primary care optometry' Central serous retinopathy (CSR) is the fourth most common medical retinal condition which affects mainly patients of working age. It...

Doctor prints cornea on demand!

1 April 2019 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Doctor prints cornea on demand! Dr Hideo Kodama from the Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute first...

European experts working with Royal Blind School on future of vision impairment education

31 March 2023 | 3D printing, Education
Vision impairment education experts from Germany, Holland and Spain recently visited the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh to create a catalogue of objects that can be 3D printed.

Use of the RAPDx device to evaluate efficacy of treatment in patients with optic nerve disease

1 October 2018 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology | Detection rate, optic nerve disease, relative afferent pupillary defect, standard values
The RAPDx objectively determines the RAPD magnitude by alternately presenting light stimuli to each eye and deriving amplitude and latency scores. The authors of this paper evaluated the amplitude and latency scores from the RAPDx together with other ophthalmic investigations...

VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: Reviewing the first ten years and announcing the new diabetic retinopathy initiative

1 April 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme celebrates its 10th anniversary next month. Over the past decade it has achieved its objective of building capacity for eye care in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by establishing long-term training partnerships between institutions, known...

Rb-NET: a network to save life and preserve vision in children in Africa

1 April 2018 | | EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
Responding to need is a key element underpinning the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [1]. It is embedded in the process through which LINKS are established, with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) first defining their priority areas of training...

Carleton Optical Equipment Ltd is recruiting for its expanding Glaucoma team

17 January 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
Business Manager - We are looking for an ambitious and capable business manager responsible for the South of England.

Andy Biart joins Carleton Optical as Surgical Business Manager, South

28 March 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
Carleton are pleased to welcome Andy Biart to their surgical team.

LambdaVision aims to refine process for in-space manufacturing of artificial retinas through ISS National Lab-sponsored investigation

1 February 2024 | ISS, retinal, artificial, LambdaVision, industry, innovation, retinitis pigmentosa, RP
Approximately 1.5 million people worldwide are affected by retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder that causes vision loss. Currently there is no cure, but researchers from LambdaVision are turning to the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to look for...

Sight loss experts warn Edinburgh eye health being neglected

13 November 2023 | sight loss, scotland, sight scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans, hazel kelly, Craig Spalding, hospital
Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans launch petition calling for new eye hospital in the capital.

An ophthalmology elective in the South Pacific

2 June 2025 | | EYE - General
For the four weeks of September 2024, I was lucky enough to embark on an ophthalmology elective in the Kingdom of Tonga, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. The Tongan people are incredibly friendly and upbeat, and...