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Supporting the next generation of ophthalmologists. That’s Newmedica.

5 December 2025
Independent provider Newmedica offers placements in centres nationwide, supporting ophthalmologists in training. Both trainees and consultants have noted the benefits for patients and the NHS, with the North East programme as a prime example. Dr Oonagh Crothers, a fifth year...

An environmentally friendly eye service

1 August 2025 | | climate change, sustainability news, net zero, greenhouse gases, environment
A single cataract procedure in the UK has been estimated to have a carbon footprint equivalent to driving a typical non-electric car for 310 miles. Surprisingly, very few centres around the world have worked out the environmental cost of cataract...

The challenges of rural optometry and how independent prescribing has helped

1 February 2017 | | EYE - General
Why move from a busy professional independent Aberdeen optometry practice over 200 miles to one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom? I could talk about the professional challenge of supporting a rural community, or the chance to...

The original smooth operator: Sir Robin Millar

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
As an early 80s kid, if you lacked sufficient pocket money, building a music collection entailed recording your favourite songs off the radio with a cassette deck and hoping the presenter didn’t interrupt at any point, with a finger hovering...

The world in union

4 October 2023 |
"It’s the world in union, the world as one…” Hearing these lyrics as a sports fan means only one thing: it’s time for the Rugby World Cup! This four-yearly sporting extravaganza should hit your TV screens around the same time...

A unique case of macular burn from ‘toy’ laser

2 February 2024 | | EYE - General
The first laser was created in 1960 and its name is an acronym for ‘light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation’. Laser technology has been used for medical, industrial, research and entertainment purposes in a variety of fields following extensive...

An ophthalmology elective in the South Pacific

2 June 2025 | | EYE - General
For the four weeks of September 2024, I was lucky enough to embark on an ophthalmology elective in the Kingdom of Tonga, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. The Tongan people are incredibly friendly and upbeat, and...

The British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB) launches new website

6 May 2020 | Research & Development, Company Profiles
The British Council for Prevention of Blindness has launched a new website on 5 May.

Eye News Book Competition - Your Chance to Win a Copy

29 April 2022
Eye News is delighted to be partnering with NIHR Doctoral Fellow, Specialist Registrar in Ophthalmology, and author Sohaib Rufai for an exciting giveaway for new and old readers alike.

British Blind Sport calls for Voluntary Classifiers for visually impaired athletes

13 December 2022 |
British Blind Sport (BBS) is seeking voluntary classifiers to aid in offering sight classifications for adults and children. BBS, which helps blind and partially sighted people lead active lives and engage and play sports, works with people at all levels,...

WATCH EPISODE 5: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission

30 May 2023 | beyond2020, AMM, Audits, Taking notes, Review, NGO
In this addition, Dave Goldsmith talks about the basic data NGOs need to collect on each eye surgery trip in order to maximise the experience and develop their practice.

RNIB and British Blind Sport join forces to tackle the disparity of physical activity amongst blind and partially sighted people

31 May 2023 | RNIB, British Blind Sport, See Sport Differently, exercise, charity
The UK’s leading sight loss charity, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and British Blind Sport have joined forces to launch the See Sport Differently campaign, which aims to promote accessible sports and breakdown barriers faced by blind and partially sighted people who want to get active.