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National dementia guidelines updated thanks to Moorfields-led initiative

28 August 2025 | NHS, dementia, Moorfields Eye Hospital, clinical guidelines, NICE
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today updated its national dementia guidance to recommend that all patients newly diagnosed with dementia are offered an eye health assessment with an optometrist. Previously, patients diagnosed with dementia were...

Leading eye care charity Orbis celebrates Volunteers’ Week 2023

6 June 2023 | Orbis, Volunteering, Education, International
It’s Volunteers’ Week, and Orbis are celebrating the work of their expert Volunteer Faculty who are tackling preventable blindness around the world.

Sharing best practice and landmark evidence in glaucoma care

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
Evolving technology, best practice and landmark evidence in glaucoma care were reviewed by an international expert faculty in session presentations and debates during the 11th Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium 2019. The authors were meeting chairs and provide an overview of...

What’s trending Feb/Mar 2026

3 February 2026 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Darts #AlyPaly It always looks like an electric atmosphere at Alexandra Palace for the World Darts Championship, and the 2025/2026 competition...

Identifying life-threatening uveal melanoma: A directed application of general-purpose AI

2 April 2025 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Oncology
Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare but aggressive eye cancer, affecting approximately six people per million annually [1]. Uveal melanoma arises in three locations: the choroid, ciliary body, and iris. As the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults, UM...

Maximising the ocular surface prior to cataract surgery: The old and the new modalities of treatment

3 June 2026 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea
Cataract surgery is among the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide. Over time, it has evolved from a lens-extraction procedure into a refractive intervention that demands meticulous perioperative planning and precision to achieve optimal outcomes. Optimisation of the ocular surface...

ChatGPT cannot pass FRCOphth examinations: implications for ophthalmology and large language model artificial intelligence

26 April 2023 | | EYE - General
Large language models are generating a lot of hype for artificial intelligence, but can they assist patients and practitioners in ophthalmology? Introduction Deep learning (DL) has emerged in ophthalmology as an exciting form of artificial intelligence (AI) most commonly applied...

My work experience with Great Ormond Street Hospital Young Persons’ Advisory Group for Research

11 June 2021 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
For my school work experience I had the amazing opportunity to attend and work with the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Young Persons’ Advisory Group for research (YPAG) (Figure 1). The GOSH YPAG is a group of young people aged...

ANZGS Congress 2026

13 February 2026 -15 February 2026
"As Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society I am pleased to invite you to the 2026 ANZGS Congress which will be held in Sydney from 13 – 15 February 2026. The 2025 ANZGS Congress was held in...

FAQs about cerebral visual impairment (CVI): identifying and helping those affected

2 August 2022 | | EYE - General
Cerebral visual impairment is common in both adults and children, yet the diagnosis can easily be missed unless one is tuned into the presenting features. This article provides a succinct introduction to this important topic. What is vision? Vision is...

Postgraduate training for ophthalmic practitioners

1 December 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Cornea
The UK currently spends £25 billion per year on ocular disease, and there is expected to be a 40% increase in those affected by visual impairment by 2050 [1]. To manage this demand, 82% of ophthalmology units across the UK...

AI breakthrough brings geographic atrophy treatment a step closer

20 September 2021
A team led by Dr Konstantinos Balaskas at Moorfields Eye Hospital Reading Centre has developed a fully automated, deep-learning model (algorithm) that can detect and quantify geographic atrophy using standard optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans.