A research team has been awarded significant funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to develop an innovative drug-device combination that aims to revolutionise how individual immune cells are monitored and treated in patients at Moorfields...
Jet-lagged, following 24 hours of travel from Boston, sweat rolled down my forehead only to return moments after I had wiped it away. Even the English signs seemed suddenly indecipherable in the humid midday heat of Pondicherry, India. I’ll never...
The latest NHS consultant-led referral-to-treatment data shows that the total waiting list increased by 6,002 in October 2025, reaching 7.3 million. Analysis reveals the percentage of patients who began treatment within 18 weeks slightly decreased to 61.7%, indicating minimal progress...
Clinical practice is in the midst of a profound digital transformation with a new wave of technology gaining increasing prominence: ambient scribes. These AI-powered tools streamline documentation by converting doctor–patient conversations into structured clinical notes in near real time. Healthcare...
A new publication in Nature Medicine discusses 'Building a code of conduct for AI-driven clinical consultations' The diversity of AI applications in medicine is growing at an accelerating rate, with that trend set to continue as technology develops. This diversity...
For this issue’s instalment of The Culture Section, I was privileged to speak to Moorfield’s first prize competition winner Charlotte Zheng. Earlier this year in January, Charlotte wrote a patient reflection poem for the prize competition titled ‘Patient as Teacher...
The end of 2024 offered us many reasons to celebrate, one of which was the eventful, annual UKISCRS conference in London, during which we saw our editor, David Lockington, step into the role of President and lead the society into...
For Eye News Feb/Mar 2024, I was delighted to hear from Dr Hosam Aglan. In New Zealand at the time, Dr Aglan shared wonderful insights into the art of folding origami, along with images from his own creations. The role...
Ophthalmology and art are undoubtedly connected – for many artists they are inseparable, as their vision is fundamental to their work – it determines how they perceive colour and light in order to transform it into art. However, visual impairment...
Claire Howard and Lauren Hepworth are running a study looking which looks to eyecare professionals in the UK who advise patients on DVLA/DVA driving vision standards, as part of their role. The aim of this research is to determine eyecare...
Health experts are warning about a rare but potentially serious condition known as tattoo-associated uveitis, after a rise in reported cases in Australia. The condition occurs when the immune system reacts to certain toxic chemicals found within certain tattoo inks...
My clinical elective was spent at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) in Melbourne. As Australia’s only specialist tertiary hospital dedicated entirely to eye disease, RVEEH gave me significant exposure to, and enhanced my clinical understanding of, ophthalmology....