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Origami and ophthalmology: precision unfolded

2 February 2024 | | EYE - General
For Eye News Feb/Mar 2024, I was delighted to hear from Dr Hosam Aglan. In New Zealand at the time, Dr Aglan shared wonderful insights into the art of folding origami, along with images from his own creations. The role...

Eyecare clinic has clear vision for Ugandan village

13 February 2026 | international, industry news, patient stories
The team from a sight-saving Worcester eye clinic are taking their skills to Uganda after being inspired by a patient whose charity work in Africa began following the tragic death of her husband. Newmedica Worcester – which offers a range...

College of Optometrists and RCOphth form new Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group

19 March 2026 | oculomics, optometry, allied professions, services
New cross-sector Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group formed to spearhead the development and implementation of common standards for eye care images in the UK . A new Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group has been established to accelerate the adoption of...

Using medical AI as ‘autopilot’ risks deskilling of clinicians, caution doctors and aviation safety experts

2 April 2026 | artificial intelligence, services, oculomics
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare services, there are important lessons that the medical profession can learn from the aviation industry, which faced widespread loss of human skills after the adoption of autopilot. While calls for medicine...

One bottle, many eyes: The hidden dangers of sharing eyedrops in the community

3 April 2026 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
We report a case of unilateral mydriasis in a female patient referred by her general practitioner (GP) with a dilated and sluggish left pupil, likely caused by the accidental use of her husband’s prescription eyedrops. This case highlights the importance...

The College of Optometrists calls for shift in detecting and managing glaucoma

8 April 2026 | optometry, public health, services
The College of Optometrists calls for shift in detecting and managing glaucoma by fully unlocking safe and effective primary care capacity Glaucoma is the second leading cause of irreversible sight loss in the UK and affects over one million people,...

Glaucoma UK Fellow receives international research award

10 April 2026 | research, awards
Dr Giovanni Montesano, the Glaucoma UK Pitts Crick Fellow, has been awarded an ARVO Foundation Early Career Clinician-Scientist Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in vision research. The award celebrates early career clinician-scientists whose research is shaping the...

New GIRFT glaucoma guidance – opportunities for improvement through primary eyecare services

28 May 2026 | Guidelines, Optometry
Primary eyecare organisations have welcomed the publication of NHS England's Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Best Practice Guidance for Glaucoma Services. If implemented by ICBs as intended, the new guidance should mark an important step forward in the delivery...

Choosing the right FRCOpth Part 1 question bank: My Experience with Eye Academy, EyeDocs and eFRCophth

20 August 2026 | | EYE - General
Digital revision for the FRCOphth Part 1 has never been more crowded, or more confusing. Alongside well-established favourites like EyeDocs and eFRCOphth, newer platforms such as Eye Academy are rapidly gaining attention, promising the edge needed to pass. Like many...

Introducing the Royal College of Nursing Ophthalmic Nursing Forum

4 February 2025 | | 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
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) represents nurses and nursing. While the terms ‘nurses’ and ‘nursing’ are used generically, membership is inclusive of a variety of clinical roles, including midwives, advanced nurse practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners, nurse consultants, registered nursing...

Comic leaflets: an innovative method of patient education

1 August 2014 | | EYE - General
Nowadays almost everyone has been exposed to comics, especially during childhood. In a way, this is a natural form of progression from children’s story books, which also contain words and pictures. This exposure has helped us to develop the graphic...

Ocular toxicity secondary to deferoxamine

12 June 2026 | | EYE - Pathology, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes can develop transfusion-related iron overload as they become dependent on recurrent blood transfusions [1]. Iron chelation therapy is indicated for the treatment of iron overload and one established example of this is deferoxamine. However, deferoxamine ocular...