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My Top Five: Elective grants for an ophthalmology elective for a medical student surviving in a cost-of-living crisis

5 June 2023 | | EYE - General
In a time where cost of living is significantly increasing, and the student NHS bursary is remaining stagnant, funding a medical elective is becoming increasingly more challenging for medical students. Surveys have shown that medical students typically get two to...

My Top Five: Apps for UK-based general ophthalmologists

1 October 2021 | | EYE - General
The way we interact in society is changing as more of us are becoming ‘digital natives’: individuals who are in close contact to the internet and expect to integrate smart devices with our daily lives. This was stereotypically a term...

Pete’s day off

2 February 2024 | | EYE - General
“You’re not dying. You just can’t think of anything good to do” The above is the explanation given by high school student Ferris to his friend Cameron, who is lying in bed feeling sorry for himself when he should be...

Aspiration of anteriorly migrated dexamethasone implant using an 18G intravenous cannula

4 December 2025 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Intravitreal dexamethasone (Ozurdex 0.7mg) is a biodegradable, sustained-release implant used to manage diabetic macular oedema, macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion, and non-infectious posterior uveitis due to its anti-inflammatory effects and VEGF suppression [1]. While effective, the implant may...

Only fools and doctors

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
“Alright, this is where our future lies Rodney. Second hand motors. This time next year we’ll be millionaires.” The above is the well-known quote by the happy-go-lucky Del Boy from the famous British sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, forever on...

From paper to digital: Real lessons for a sustainable NHS digital future

19 February 2026 | | EYE - General
Portsmouth's OpenEyes implementation reveals why healthcare digital transformation needs honest evaluation, proper clinical leadership resourcing and realistic expectations about technology efficiency promises. Like many eye departments across the NHS, we at Portsmouth were drowning in paper. Notes went missing, handwriting...

Deliberate darkness: The systematic weaponisation of blinding in global protests

18 March 2026 | | EYE - General
As eyecare professionals, we spend our entire professional lives fighting to preserve light. We train to master the delicate microscopic topography of the cornea, the retina and the optic nerve, all with the objective of saving our patients from the...

In conversation with Charles Leclercq (ARxVision)

5 October 2022 | | EYE - General
Julian Jackson (Founder and Director, VisionBridge) spoke to Charles Leclercq (CEO, ARx) about the ARxVision, a wearable device that captures the world around us through audio and artificial intelligence to empower blind and low-vision individuals. You can read the Eye...

White dot syndromes

1 September 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
It is fair to say that trainees and consultants who are not medical retina specialists are a bit scared of the so called retinal ‘white dot syndromes’. It is easy to understand why this is the case, as almost every...

More action on sepsis needed as NHS Ombudsman still seeing same failings a decade on

7 November 2023 | sepsis, NHS, Ombudsman, Time to Act, Rob Behrens, Ron Daniels, UK Sepsis Trust
The UK’s Health Ombudsman has warned that sepsis is still taking too many lives due to the same hospital failings we were seeing over ten years ago.

College of Optometrists calls for vital community minor and urgent eyecare services to be universally commissioned in England

5 June 2025 | The College of Optometrists, optometrists, England, service delivery, optometry, news
Lack of funding threatens commissioning of urgent care eye services in England. The College of Optometrists calls for vital community minor and urgent eye care services to be universally commissioned in England. As demand for eye care in England continues...

Handover of power

1 December 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Election time comes every five years in the United Kingdom. It is usually a time of excitement and trepidation as people wonder what will change, for whom and over how long, depending on which party might win power. Usually it...