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Sight loss befriender offers 'life changing' support to Freda

17 August 2023 | befriender, Sight Scotland, Volunteering, emotional, wellbeing, lonliness
Sight Scotland, Scotland’s largest sight loss organisation, is appealing for more volunteer befrienders to help battle loneliness and isolation.

Charity radio manager steps out with family for Edinburgh Kiltwalk

14 August 2025 | charity, media, entertainment, fundraising, RNIB
The manager of an award-winning charity radio station is keeping it in the family and taking part in Scotland's largest mass participation walking event. Kris Wallace, Operations Manager at RNIB Connect Radio, will take on the Edinburgh Kiltwalk on Sunday,...

The world of the unseen

3 October 2024 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
We are witnessing an incredible era of miraculous and marvellous discoveries. The globe has seen breakthroughs in science, medicine, creative arts, technology, digital media, and much more. In warm, sunny April, Emerald Network celebrated its 20th year of Eid events,...

The International Centre for Eye Health: weaving the global threads together

4 October 2023 | | EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS & Networks Programme has been writing regular articles in Eye News about its capacity-strengthening activities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for more than a decade. This, the first International Issue, is a landmark for Eye...

Transferring imaging from primary to secondary care (part 2)

5 October 2020 | | EYE - General
Transferring clinical imaging from high street optometrists to secondary care is an increasingly requested option, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A wide variety of solutions exist to allow this, each with their own merits and shortcomings. In...

Optical Express sponsors Atlantic rowing challenge for dementia research

5 January 2024 | Charity, Dementia, Race Against Dementia, Foundation, Work, Sponsorship
Optical Express has become the official headline sponsor of a rowing challenge that will see Jason Black (52) and Neil Glover (60) row over 3100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, in an effort to raise money to fund groundbreaking research into a cure for dementia.

‘At risk’ corneas are more easily identified with SCORE

6 June 2024 | cornea, refractive, industry, Heidelberg, LASIK, SCORE
Risk assessment of post-LASIK corneal ectasia in refractive surgery patients is now a more exact, objective, evaluation thanks to the work of Heidelberg Engineering and a leading research partner in Paris.

Exciting opportunities for ophthalmic surgeons with the UK and Europe’s leading private provider of cataract surgery, lens replacement surgery and laser eye surgery

17 July 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
At Optical Express we are focused on delivering exceptional patient care, outstanding clinical outcomes and continued investment in our people and technology. For over 30 years, millions of patients have trusted Optical Express with their eye care.

Mainline Instruments Appointed Distributor Partner by InMode for Envision

27 February 2025 | Contracts & Distributors
Mainline Instruments is excited to announce a new partnership with InMode, a globally recognised leader in IPL, Laser, and Radiofrequency medical technologies, to distribute their prestigious Envision Dry Eye care platform throughout the UK and Ireland. InMode is known for...

‘Agenda-setting’ BCLA Clinical Conference to shape the future of contact lens practice around the world

16 June 2023 | BCLA, Conference, contact lens
The global eye care professional network’s “unquenchable thirst for learning” ensured the success of the first in-person BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition in four years.

Wearing glasses boosts income by a third in low-income communities, finds landmark new study

4 April 2024 | international, humanitarian, VisionSpring, BRAC, Queens University, Belfast, THRIVE, study, research
A pair of reading glasses increases the earnings of people in low-income communities by 33% according to new research.

IN FOCUS - Beyond 2020: what next for global eye health?

1 April 2020 | | EYE - General
The year 2020 is a pivotal year for global eye health. It marks the conclusion of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ which has guided action for the past two decades, and the end of the World Health Organization (WHO)...