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What's trending Oct/Nov 2022
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #teammates #warringtonwolves #keratoconus Robbie Mulhern, a professional rugby league player for Warrington Wolves, had never heard of keratoconus prior to...Hidden eyelid laceration following blunt trauma
A paediatric case report of a hidden eyelid laceration following blunt trauma. Blunt injury to the eyelid can result in a multitude of issues, such as damage to the eyelid margin, lacrimal system and surrounding orbit [1]. These can often...New Bolton office space for UK’s largest provider of NHS cataract surgery, as company celebrates 15th year
Bolton North East MP Mark Logan visited SpaMedica’s new building, The View, which accommodates 180 company employees, including 40 recruited in the last year.Artistic vibes in Beijing
4 August 2021
| Rahila Bashir, Ningli Wang (Prof), Ning Tian
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EYE - General
For many of us all around the world, art is a form of storytelling, whether we link it to our work, our hobbies or our dreams. As a teenager growing up in the 90s, I loved ballet in high school....
Independent opticians shortlisted for the 2023 SightCare Awards
28 deserving independent optical practices have been shortlisted in their chosen categories of the 2023 SightCare Independent Optician Awards celebrating the independent spirit.What's trending Feb/Mar 2023
3 February 2023
| Nadeem Atwan Atwan
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EYE - General
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #nativity #needleeye Happy New Year! Let’s kick things off with a holiday-related story. Birmingham-based micro-engraver Graham Short engraved by hand...
Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy
15 July 2021
| Deepak Haldipur, Aditya Moorthy, Sunil Narayan Dutt (Dr Prof)
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EYE - Orbit, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...
Charity partners celebrate 10 years in Zambia
15 October 2021
Vision Aid Overseas and Specsavers are celebrating 10 years of working together.
Corporate M&A pace gathers momentum
1 October 2019
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Intensifying franchise competition, maturing product development pipelines and looming loss of exclusivity spur renewed merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the ophthalmics sector. Rod McNeil reviews recent deals and related strategic developments. AbbVie to acquire Allergan in $63 billion mega-combination,...
Optoversity Challenge draws 12 universities together
27 February 2025
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charity, Vision Care for Homeless People, VCHP, fundraising, trainees, medical school, students, opportunities, competition
Out of the Box Optic’s Optoversity Challenge 2025 has brought 95 students from 12 UK universities together to take part in the exciting competition. The annual event – now in its ninth year – is a major fundraiser for Vision...
Help provide a free eyecare service in Edinburgh to those affected by homelessness
We're thrilled to share that this summer marks a milestone for VCHP as we prepare to open our 10th clinic, a momentous occasion heralded by our inaugural venture into Scotland.Here comes the fear
2 June 2025
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
“At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse” The quote above is the Fat Man’s third law from the book The House of God by Samuel Shem, previously described in the ‘Doctor by the sea’...