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Medtech company Eyoto announces new interim CEO

24 April 2026 | optometry, industry news, appointments
Birmingham-based medtech company Eyoto has appointed a new interim CEO as the company builds on its success as a pioneer in the teleoptometry sector. Tony Veverka has stepped up after serving as a board advisor for Eyoto since 2025 and...
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AI-Based devices in national screening programmes: barriers and challenges

4 December 2025 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) may have long-term complications and is recorded as a leading cause of blindness. National DR screening programmes have effectively reduced severe visual loss by timely detection and subsequent treatment of sight-threatening proliferative DR and diabetic macular oedema....

PREVIEW: International SPECTRALIS Symposium – AND BEYOND

19 March 2025 | imaging, conference, meeting, event, Heidelberg Engineering, industry, preview
The International SPECTRALIS Symposium (ISS) marks its 21st anniversary with an exciting new chapter in Heidelberg, Germany, just steps away from the headquarters of Heidelberg Engineering. Recognised as one of the most prestigious scientific imaging conferences, ISS 2025 will bring...

Sexually transmitted conjunctivitis – the REALLY sticky eye

5 October 2020 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Let’s face it, patients with conjunctivitis don’t always produce the most stimulating consultations and most of the time we can manage them in auto-pilot. The prospect of delving into such a patient’s sexual history is not overly appealing, but this...

Intravitreal injections delivered by ophthalmic clinical nurse specialists

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Intravitreal injections of the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent ranibizumab, for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was approved by National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) in 2008 [1]. The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH),...

Clinical Observation Days Pave Way for Next Generation of Optometrists

17 May 2022
Optometry students at Glasgow Caledonian University have taken part in a series of clinical observation days at one of the UK’s leading eye surgery clinics, as part of a new programme giving student optometrists experience of modern day surgical practice.

Melton optometrist and lecturer shortlisted for RNIB See Differently Award

29 April 2024 | awards, RNIB, optometry, optometrist
A Leicestershire woman who is currently writing a book about a visually impaired dragon will be hoping to slay the judges at the RNIB See Differently Awards where she has been nominated in recognition of her role in the development of low vision clinics across the UK over the last 30 years.

Sight Sciences Glaucoma Fellows Academy, Birmingham

20 October 2023 | Research & Development, Recruitment & Personnel, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Saturday 7 October saw Sight Sciences hold their inaugural UK Glaucoma Fellows Academy training day.

A missed opportunity

1 February 2019 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Back in 2000 Sir Liam Donaldson wrote a piece of work commissioned by the then Secretary of State for Health entitled “An Organisation with a Memory”. We are now 18 years on and still some of the recommendations from them...

ESCRS 2023: Heidelberg Engineering: Mastering Vision Precision: Enhancing IOL Power Prediction with High-Resolution Anterior Segment Imaging

10 September 2023
Mastering Vision Precision: Enhancing IOL Power Prediction with High-Resolution Anterior Segment Imaging

ZEISS: Optimising Outcomes with OCT: From acquisition to advanced analysis

3 December 2024
The course aims to equip participants with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to acquire and interpret Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images effectively and confidently. Content will be tailored to current and new users of OCT – but all...

ZEISS: Optimising Outcomes with OCT: From acquisition to advanced analysis. 2nd date

4 December 2024
The course aims to equip participants with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to acquire and interpret Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images effectively and confidently. Content will be tailored to current and new users of OCT – but all...