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Blind: Chris McCausland

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In the busy, stressful lives that many of us lead, a good way to unwind in the evenings is to watch one of the celebrity panel TV shows such as Would I Lie To You? or Have I Got News...

People watching…

5 June 2023 |
Confession time: I love a good airport lounge! Not only does it mean that you are about to go get some sunshine on a well-deserved break, it also provides a perfect opportunity to watch people go by. And what a...

RNIB puts vital eyecare support in place across Hertfordshire and West Essex

24 September 2025 | charity, ECLO, patient stories, RNIB
Patients with eye conditions across Hertfordshire and West Essex now have access to vital emotional and practical support as The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has employed three specialist officers at hospital eye clinics across the region. The...

The results of the last survey Dec24

4 December 2024 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cataract
This edition’s survey results are fascinating. They focus more on your impressions and views rather than on the facts of your clinical practice. Effectively I asked you to take the role of an expert and comment on the cases I...

The results of the last survey Feb25

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cataract
*Please be aware that this data does not form part of a peer reviewed research study. The information therein should not be relied upon for clinical purposes but instead used as a guide for clinical practice and reflection. The sample...

Brexit, for richer, for poorer: prospects for post-withdrawal Britain

1 July 2017 | | EYE - General
The people of the United Kingdom voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, a referendum decision intended by a slim majority to restore national self-determination and achieve what many believed to be a...

Lancet Commission calls for global action on blindness

29 March 2021 |
The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health highlights the changing nature of the issues facing eye health professionals worldwide.

Women-led, solar powered eye centres to treat 1 million people at risk of avoidable blindness in India

22 April 2022
One million people at risk of avoidable blindness in West Bengal, India, now have access to eye care thanks to the opening of nine environmentally friendly Green Vision Centres, five of which are led by women.

Optegra celebrates 15th anniversary and announces expansion plans

18 September 2023 | Optegra, MP, Angela Richardson, Eye Hospital, Anniversary, 15th
Specialist eye hospital Optegra marks its 15th anniversary this month, having opened its first UK hospital in Guildford in 2008.

Caring for adults with an ocular tumour

1 December 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Detection If you screen for an intraocular tumour, dilate the pupil. If the patient is driving, use phenylephrine only. If the patient declines, document this in the casenotes. Don’t forget to look for sentinel vessels, which would indicate a ciliary...

Looking on the brightside: Lord David Blunkett

4 December 2025 | | EYE - General
“I can hear people smile” As a young adult in the 1980s and 1990s I gradually became more politically informed with occasional forays into BBC’s Question Time. In doing so, I learnt of the rise of politician David Blunkett, a...

East Bound and Down: Patrick Staropoli

2 August 2024 | | EYE - General
One of my heroes growing up in the 70s was the iconic Formula 1 racing driver, James Hunt. At the time, if you had asked me and my primary school friends what we would most like to do for a...