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Conference Report: UKISOP marks World Sight Day with multidisciplinary webinar: Supporting adults and children with sight loss

To commemorate World Sight Day 2025, the UK & Ireland Society of Ophthalmic Practitioners (UKISOP) hosted a dynamic online learning session titled 'Supporting Adults and Children with Sight Loss' on October 9 2025. The event brought together over sixty professionals...

Together we can address growing glaucoma patient need

Specsavers is urging the eye health sector to get behind proposals set out in Parliament to meet growing glaucoma patient need. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is being urged to direct Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) – which...

30 Years of Vision: Crafting the Next Decade

Centre for Sight 30 Years of Vision: Crafting the Next Decade

IN FOCUS - VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the contribution of health partnerships to reduction in blindness worldwide

As other articles in this series (IN FOCUS Apr 2020) demonstrate, the year 2020 is highly significant in the eye care field. Naming a global initiative ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ in 1999 was a daring way to focus...

The structure function relationship in glaucoma

Chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG) is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide. It is diagnosed on the basis of three clinical signs, raised intraocular pressure (IOP), visual field (VF) defects and structural changes to the optic nerve head...

Can 3D facial imaging improve patient management in disfiguring eye disease?

Fight for Sight is the leading UK charity funder of eye research. Since the 2013 Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership we have encouraged our researchers to work on priorities jointly identified by people affected by sight loss and...

The GMC joins the mobile revolution

If you are an ophthalmologist practising in the UK the increasing need to log your educational activities for your Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) or appraisal can’t possibly have escaped you. The existing tools in this area for ophthalmologists...

SILMO 2019: Anything goes, but sustainability grows

Trying to spot the trends at this year’s SILMO in Paris, one of the largest optical fairs in the world, was a tough ask. Thin metals, especially in rose gold, abounded, but that’s now; tomorrow remained elusive.

RCOphth 2024 Preview

Here is our annual highlights preview of the upcoming RCOphth 2024 Annual Congress in Belfast's ICC, 20-23 May.

Ophthalmic history made easy

There are now three ophthalmic medical documentaries to dip into on to Royal College of Ophthalmologists website.

High levels of public trust in optometry supports extended services closer to home, says AOP

New research published by the General Optical Council (GOC) last week shows high levels of confidence in optical practitioners.

Ombudsman responds to Letby verdict

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Rob Behrens, comments on the verdict in the trial of Lucy Letby.