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Report on ‘2024: Artificial Intelligence and the Eye’

3 June 2024 | | EYE - General
As the application of artificial intelligence (AI) is brought to the foray of clinical medicine, you can be forgiven for thinking that it is a relatively recent technology. However, researchers and computer scientists have been working on it for many...

Quantum imaging research could improve retinal scans

28 October 2025 | OCT, Imaging, Diagnosis, research, Retina
New EU-funded feasibility project is testing a quantum approach that could reveal finer detail in the eye than ever before. A European research consortium is exploring a new quantum imaging technique that could one day help clinicians see the earliest...

Blind gaming group levels up at five years

10 December 2025 | patient stories, technology, services
A community of gamers with sight loss from across Scotland and Northern Ireland says its network is thriving as it marks its fifth anniversary. Formed during the pandemic lockdown in November 2020, as part of RNIB’s community work, the group...

Ambient scribes: The silent revolution

4 December 2025 | | EYE - General
Clinical practice is in the midst of a profound digital transformation with a new wave of technology gaining increasing prominence: ambient scribes. These AI-powered tools streamline documentation by converting doctor–patient conversations into structured clinical notes in near real time. Healthcare...

Everyone has a plan, until their hand goes numb…

3 February 2026 | | EYE - Cataract
Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the UK [1]. With financially strained NHS trusts and the rise of independent sector cataract providers, the drive from initiatives like Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) and market pressures...

ABDO welcomes two new regional leads for the North of England

13 March 2026 | allied professions, optometry
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is welcoming two new regional leads for the North of England. Lynda Matthias FBDO has been a dispensing optician for 20 years and works as a locum dispensing across Yorkshire. Over the past...

Orbis UK partners with optometry podcast Beedie on Eyewear to spotlight global eye health

20 March 2026 | international, charity
International eye care charity Orbis UK has partnered with Beedie on Eyewear: The Podcast for its second season, highlighting the global problem of avoidable sight loss to audiences in the optical sector. Hosted by optometrist Beedie, the weekly podcast takes...

Blind and partially sighted people join cane walk to Westminster in bid to end year-long waits for support

8 April 2026 | patient stories, charity
Blind and partially sighted people gathered at Westminster today to tell the Government it’s time to end the postcode lottery of support for people with sight loss. A group of blind and partially sighted people using white canes took part...

The College of Optometrists launches its Manifesto for Wales: Securing sustainable eye care

9 April 2026 | optometry, services, environmental
The College of Optometrists has today published its Manifesto for Wales: Securing sustainable eye care, calling on the next Welsh Government to continue leading the way by expanding community eyecare services to further improve access to eyecare and prevent avoidable...

Countdown to opening begins as NHS takes keys for new Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital

18 June 2026 | services
Leaders at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust today took their first steps inside the region’s new specialist eye hospital as construction partner Kier officially handed over the keys. Set to open later this summer, NHS leaders have also...

Developing a training model to strengthen diabetic retinopathy screening through a VISION 2020 LINK in India

1 February 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
I. Development of LINK Partnership A VISION 2020 LINK India was established by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2018 between the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and...

Report: UKEGS 2024

29 October 2024 | UKEGS, 2024, conferences, meetings, events, industry, glaucoma, Glaucoma UK, Nishani Amerasinghe, Andrew Tatham
It was an incredible experience heading down to UKEGS 2024 earlier this month in Southampton. The entire Glaucoma UK team, along with the UKEGS overseeing panel Nishani Amerasinghe, Andrew Tatham, Professir Anthony King and Professor Gus Gazzard, took great care...