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Factors affecting the success of canalicular repairs

1 December 2014 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
This is a ten year retrospective review of 137 canalicular laceration repairs, looking for factors which affected the outcome. A successful outcome was defined as no epiphora at three months or more after removal of the stent. Overall the success...

A personal reflection: working at the International Centre for Eye Health from 2006–2024

3 April 2024 | | EYE - General
I feel incredibly fortunate to have been working part-time at the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) [1] since 2006. Earlier in my career, the responsibilities of work and a growing family made this merely an aspiration, and apart from...

Scholarships, awards and prizes

5 December 2025 | | EYE - General
Perhaps one of the less well-known benefits of being a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) is access to the range of scholarships, awards and prizes that we offer. Many of you will be aware of the annual...

New funding will support development of wearable diagnostics for neuromuscular diseases

1 November 2023 | Hadi Heidari, Glasgow University, Neuromuscular, funding, awards, new technology
A researcher from the University of Glasgow has received an EPSRC Open Fellowship to develop new wearable technology capable of measuring the progress of neuromuscular diseases.

Committed to the next generation of Ophthalmologists

9 June 2025 | Newmedica, opthalmology, ophthalmic surgeons, training, trainees
Ophthalmology trainees are gaining invaluable surgical experience at Newmedica, an independent provider of NHS and private ophthalmology services. Newmedica Consultants report they are enthusiastic about sharing their skills and experience with the next generation of Ophthalmic surgeons to support the...

Building leaders for eye care in Africa: the COECSA-RCOphth VISION 2020 LINK

1 April 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINK [1] between the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has been building leaders of eye care in Africa since 2008, when a Memorandum of Understanding...

Eyes on Rwanda: Lessons from an international ophthalmology experience

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma
On the 26 February 2025, I travelled to Rwanda on the invitation of a former Belfast trainee, Michael Mikhail. Michael is now one of only two vitreoretinal (VR) surgeons in Rwanda, a country with a population of 14 million. Born...

British Council for Prevention of Blindness has a new Chairman

9 November 2020
BCPB’s new Chairman Mr Michael Burdon FRCOphth FRCP is a consultant ophthalmologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with a specialist interest in neuro-ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology Scholarship Applications Open – Deadline 1 June 2021

25 January 2021
The University of Edinburgh has opened applications for The David and Molly Pyott Foundation Scholarships in Ophthalmology which will support eligible ophthalmology trainees / registrars /residents undertake the university’s online, two-year, part-time ChM (Master of Surgery) in Clinical Ophthalmology from September 2021.

Glaucoma UK and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists announce research award 2023

15 February 2023
Glaucoma UK and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists are working in partnership to run this prestigious award which has previously funded a range of research topics from prospective stem cell treatments to the use of big data in patient risk stratification.

BCLA webinar will look at medical uses for contact lenses

27 October 2023 | BCLA, Webinar, medical lenses, education
A BCLA webinar will review the various indications for medical use of contact lenses and how different lens modalities work.