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Specialty-driven EMR for paperless clinical environment – insights for an informed choice

1 August 2016 | | EYE - General
Deployment of specialty-driven (or specialty-specific) electronic medical record (EMR) systems across UK ophthalmology units appears to be growing rapidly at the expense of generic, multiuse digital technology packages. Experience further suggests that open source systems can play a significant role...

Sustainability in cataract surgery: Everyday practice at Kabgayi

3 February 2026 | | EYE - Cataract
Reading the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) ‘Sustainable Cataract Surgery’ guidance (September 2025) was a pleasant surprise [1]. Many of its recommendations mirror what we have been doing at Kabgayi Eye Unit for years, not because of formal policy, but...

‘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.

End stage glaucoma management

1 August 2014 | | EYE - Glaucoma
A 48-year-old female has had multiple drug treatment for glaucoma and is still losing field of vision. How do you manage this over time? This patient is at high-risk for going blind and should be managed aggressively to protect remaining...

Moorfields Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology

6 March 2026
Moorfields Education Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology

Moorfields Education: Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology

7 February 2025
Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology is a course for people who work in the field suitable for comprehensive/general ophthalmologists, urgent care and primary care, optometrists and nurse practitioners. This is an update on common themes which appear in the comprehensive...

The Eyes Have It and World Eye Health Day - A Q&A with Marsha de Cordova

15 December 2023 | TEHI, WEHD, Politics, eye health, report, change, sight loss
Westminster Eye Health Day is the flagship parliamentary event of The Eyes have It, a partnership of Roche, Macular Society, Fight for Sight, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Association of Optometrists and RNIB and has returned for its third year, sponsored by Marsha de Cordova MP.

Initiatives in macular service provision

1 December 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A report from Monitor in October 2015 identifies good practices that will realise most of the potential productivity gain in elective care available to NHS hospitals. These include: stratifying patients by risk and creating low-complexity pathways for lower-risk patients (tailoring...

New BCLA President stresses importance of embracing change

21 June 2023 | BCLA, optometry, Specsavers, Rakesh Kapoor
‘If you don't keep up you risk going out of business’ – new BCLA President stresses importance of embracing change.

The history of ophthalmology: John Argyll Robertson and Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson

1 June 2019 | | EYE - General
The author shares the story of an extraordinary father and son, two of the major figures in defining the specialty of ophthalmology as we know it today. The renowned Glasgow Surgeon Peter Lowe described ophthalmic surgery in his legendary surgical...

Feb/Mar 2014 Quiz 2

1 February 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
History A 65-year-old lady presented with a ten year history of nonspecific visual disturbance and mild symptoms of dry eyes. Questioning revealed progressive nyctalopia. Previous medical history of note included Crohn’s disease requiring two bowel resections including small intestine. Figure...

Boosting key protein in eye cells could prevent age-related vision loss, international team finds

6 June 2024 | amd, protein, vision loss, age-related, macular, research, paper, IRAK-M
Increasing the levels of a key protein in the cells at the back of the eye could help protect against the leading cause of vision loss among older adults, finds a new discovery made by researchers from the UK, US, Germany and Australia.