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DALK as an early therapeutic option for Acanthamoeba keratitis

1 February 2016 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Eleven patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) were treated by early therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). All surgeries were performed in patients who had no response to standard medical therapy of chlorhexidine gluconate, propamidine isethionate and neomycin sulphate, within 10-15...

Love will tear us apart again

4 February 2025 | | 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
Sophie: Bye. Love you! Mark: I love you, too. (It’s okay, everyone says it. I say I love Häagen-Dazs and my broadband provider, and I like Sophie more than them. In most respects.) Yes, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching again...

Scotland’s young blind voices boosted by new funding

1 May 2025 | charity, news, UK, funding, Haggeye, RNIB
A youth-led forum for blind and partially sighted young people has secured vital funding, enabling a new period of opportunity for young blind and partially sighted people across Scotland. Haggeye, operated by national sight loss charity, RNIB Scotland, will expand...

The reps

1 August 2019 | | EYE - General
Who are the reps? Every one of us knows the friendly face of the local randomprost eye drop representative or the nice man from that eye lubricant company. These company representatives travel up and down the region with a smile,...

In conversation with Andy Pyott

4 October 2023 | | EYE - General
Discussing a detour into ophthalmology from zoology in 1988, experiences in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe and the National Treatment Centre – Highland, Baljean Dhillon interviews his newest guest on the Eye Views podcast, Andy Pyott. Take us back to...

Millions of patients benefitting from improved care as new NHS IT software rolled out

26 November 2024 | patient experience, NHS, UK, IT, platform, waiting list, NHS Federated Data, Ming Tang, Anna Hargrave, Abdi Abolfazl, NHS England
Innovative IT software designed to tackle waiting lists and reduce discharge delays has been rolled out across more than two thirds of the NHS. The NHS Federated Data Platform securely brings together data currently held in separate systems, making it...

Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme

1 December 2013 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...

Music and song inspire Freya to start speaking

30 January 2024 | More Than Meets The Eye, Charity, Sight Scotland, campaign, sight loss, Royal Blind School
Freya Reily, who is six years old from Tranent in East Lothian, is more than meets the eye. Freya, who was born very prematurely and has severe vision impairment, has been inspired by music and song to start speaking, something that her parents did not think was possible just a few short months ago.

Learning to see the bigger picture: Reflections from a cataract surgery course in the Middle East

5 June 2025 | | EYE - Cataract
Alcon, the Swiss-American company specialising in eyecare equipment, inaugurated their Alcon Experience Centre (AEC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AEC is an eye education and training centre for students and eyecare professionals. This is the first AEC catering to the Middle...

Developing a training model to strengthen diabetic retinopathy screening through a VISION 2020 LINK in India

1 February 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
I. Development of LINK Partnership A VISION 2020 LINK India was established by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2018 between the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and...

Coming to terms with AI

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
A machine might be called intelligent if its response to questions could convince a person that it was human, a test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 [1]. The author considers potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) using machine learning...

iPrepBuddy: FRCOphth Part 2 Oral Case Based Webinar

19 August 2024
Come join for a free webinar (interactive) helping you prepare for some of the more difficult scenarios that could come up in your FRCOphth part 2 oral/viva exam. We will spend the hour tackling practical tips, and helping you practice...