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Supporting optical professions throughout the pandemic
1 December 2020
A letter has been released to go to all optical professionals on behalf of the professional bodies and government bodies responsible for ophthalmic dispensing and optometry.
Volunteers urged to consider VCHP in 2025
Chair of Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) Elaine Styles is urging the profession to get behind the charity in 2025 and put a few hours aside each month for volunteering. “We have ambitious plans for the growth of our...
Good News from Switzerland: A History of Retinal Reattachment Surgery
1 December 2014
| Robert Harvey
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In one concise volume the reader learns of the recent rapid evolution in vitreoretinal (VR) surgery. The pioneering innovators were often remarkable personalities and this book helps to bring them to life. Prior to 1929 victims of retinal detachment were...
RNIB gets ‘izzy-wizzy’ to celebrate Sooty’s 75th anniversary
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) celebrates Sooty’s 75th anniversary by launching a new Sooty Collection Box, which has been given a modernised glow-up.IWD 2024: Women-led eye care is helping to shrink the blindness gender gap in Bangladesh
International Women's Day 2024 - a lack of female health providers is stealing the sight of women around the world. Blindness prevention charity Orbis is working to change this.
Retinal vascular occlusion from gentamicin injection post-vitrectomy
4 February 2021
| Annes Ahmeidat
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors present two case reports for the rare, but serious, complication of retinal vascular occlusion as a presumed result of subconjunctival injection following 25-gauge vitrectomy. Risk factors for the complication include: cardiovascular disease, retrobulbar anaesthesia, high intraocular pressure (IOP)...
AOP champions member voices in new benefits video
The Association of Optometrists (AOP) produces a new member focused video to showcase the support the AOP provides through members’ careers.Leading North London eye clinic appoints retina expert to treat growing ‘epidemic’ of patients living with myopia
Leading independent eye hospital based in Finchley, My-iClinic, has welcomed Consultant Ophthalmologist, Ms Yvonne Luo, to its growing team of specialists.Scottish Paediatric Regional Ophthalmologists’ Group Annual meeting 2025
6 June 2025
SPROGS was established in 2002 as a group of NHS paediatric ophthalmologists based in Scotland, plus doctors from other specialties, vision scientists and allied health professionals interested in children’s eye conditions. We meet in person annually, usually in June, at...
Periocular burns: a literature review of classification, management protocols and outcomes of treatment
The author provides a review of the current literature regarding the principles of classification, management protocols of acute ocular and periocular burns and the role of the burn and oculoplastic surgeon involved in their care. More than two-thirds of facial...Establishing an intra-arterial chemotherapy service for children with retinoblastoma in Nigeria for the first time
3 April 2023
| Mattan Arazi, Oteri Okolo, Dupe Ademola-Popoola, Richard Bowman, Ido Didi Fabian, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - General
This is the first in a series of three articles (see Part 2 here) about strengthening eye health services in Nigeria through collaboration with the LINKS and Networks run at the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene...
