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Book Competition - Update: Student and Trainee Discount Available

5 July 2022
Following the successful book competition held by Eye News, where entrants competed to win a signed copy of a book, students and trainees can now purchase a copy at a discounted rate.

Edinburgh local plans to run Scottish half marathon for Fight for Sight

10 August 2023 | charity, fundraising, fight for sight, stargardts
A local to Edinburgh and East Lothian who suffers from Stargardts disease will run the Scottish half marathon to fundraise for Fight for Sight.

In memory of John Hockney, 1948–2024

26 March 2024 | obituraries, industry, optrafair, cambridge optical, john hockney
“I think it is fair to say that John was 'Mr Optrafair' for many years and devoted an enormous amount of his time to ensure it was a financial success for the FMO,” said former FMO Vice-Chairman Kingsley Sleep.

ABDO National Resource Centre secures new digital sponsor

6 November 2024 | education, services, opportunities, trainees, optometry, optometrist, Dispensing optician
The ABDO National Resource Centre (NRC) based in Birmingham has secured a new gold digital sponsor in Eyecare Education. Eyecare Education are a GOC-approved CPD provider who offer a range of professional education services. Their CPD conferences provide optometrists and...

HS-UK to host ‘Beat the President’ competition at the UKISCRS Annual Congress

20 September 2023 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
HS-UK are pleased to be exhibiting at the 47th UKISCRS Annual Congress at the Leonardo City Hotel, on Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd November, 2023.

Blinking blepharitis has a lot to answer for…

1 October 2015 | | EYE - Cornea
Never ignore the small things’…someone once said. There is no doubt blepharitis is one of the most common eye conditions encountered daily, but with the typical pressures of a busy outpatient department, the management of more obvious, sight-threatening conditions necessarily...

Ophthalmology survey results June/July 2019

1 June 2019 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
Firstly may I thank all of you who took the time to answer the survey. I hope you will agree that the findings are very interesting. From a medicolegal perspective we always consider the Bolam test which can be summarised...

The results of the last survey Oct20

5 October 2020 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
The point of this series is to find variations in practice and to raise them to you, the readership, so you can review and reflect upon them. I am aware there is not always a ‘correct’ way of doing things,...

Celebrations for 20 years of VCHP ring out from the city

10 October 2023 | VCHP, Vision Care, Homeless, Charity, Volunteering
20 years of Vision Care for Homeless People, and the 18,000+ people who have been helped to better vision through the regional drop-in clinics, were celebrated by a host of volunteers, charity founders and generous donors from the optical community last week.

Inverness resident leads the way with sight loss walking group

8 February 2024 | RNIB, Scotland, sight loss, charity, event, support
An Inverness resident, supported by a national sight loss charity, meets monthly with other blind and partially sighted locals for a wander around Inverness city centre.

Royal Navy Veteran returns to cenotaph 50 years after first parade with Sight Scotland Veterans

19 November 2024 | patient stories, charity, achievements, history, remembrance day
John Finlay, 66, from Dalkeith, served as a Radio Operator in the Royal Navy from 1974 to 1979, stationed at the HMS Cochrane naval base in Rosyth. Now living with sight loss due to diabetes, John is marking an emotional...

Study reveals increase in Charles Bonnet Syndrome symptoms due to COVID-19

12 February 2021
A study published today in BMJ Open Ophthalmology has shown the impact of COVID-19 on those already experiencing vivid hallucinations as a result of Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS).