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Inequities in access to education for blind and partially sighted children

21 June 2023 | Sight Scotland, RNIB, Education, Children, health policy
Leading Scottish vision impairment organisations call on Scottish Government to endorse new framework for vision impairment education.

Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services

1 April 2020 | | EYE - General
In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...

Only fools and doctors

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
“Alright, this is where our future lies Rodney. Second hand motors. This time next year we’ll be millionaires.” The above is the well-known quote by the happy-go-lucky Del Boy from the famous British sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, forever on...

1/3 UK considering laser eye surgery but majority unaware it's non-reversible and affects night vision

27 October 2023 | Vik Sharma, London Ophthalmology Centre, LASIK
National eye health survey shows a third of UK are considering laser eye surgery but vast majority are unaware it is non-reversible and how it can affect night vision.

Ophthalmic history made easy

13 March 2019
There are now three ophthalmic medical documentaries to dip into on to Royal College of Ophthalmologists website.

Ophthalmologist wanted, Queensland, Australia

16 February 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel, Company Profiles
The Moreton Eye Group is a long established busy Ophthalmology practice based in North Brisbane and the Moreton Bay Region.

Ophthalmology clinical teaching and research fellowships: a pathway into ophthalmology specialty training

25 January 2022 | | EYE - General
Ophthalmology is known for being one of the most competitive medical specialties in the UK, with 6.8 applicants per post in 2021. In fact, the competition ratio has drastically increased in recent years, rising from 5.73 in 2020 and 3.24...

Glaucoma care provision using a multidisciplinary approach: a personal view

1 February 2018 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
This article is going to explain the secret to running an efficient multidisciplinary glaucoma service which will comfortably meet the demands of an ever-growing elderly population, within the confines of budgetary and clinical constraints, wherever the setting. This may be...

Leadership skills training through the COECSA-RCOphth LINK

1 June 2017 | | 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 Lead Forward project was an initiative of the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme, funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) via the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET). It aimed to improve the quality of medical leadership within VISION 2020...

The New Zealand National Eye Centre and the land of the long white cloud

4 October 2023 | | EYE - General
Located southeast of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand (Aotearoa) is home to five million culturally diverse people. Renowned for its lush nature spanning from unexplored forests to active volcanos and snow-capped mountains, New Zealand has become both...

A day in the life of...an ophthalmic imager / an orthoptic assistant

1 February 2014 |
The ophthalmic imager My role as an ophthalmic / medical photographer has evolved, dramatically, since I began my career at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, 30 years ago. Long gone are the days of developing and hand printing fluorescein angiograms in...

From novice to overnight on-calls: developing an ophthalmology bootcamp to ease the learning curve for new trainees

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
Introduction My first ophthalmology on-call was nine years ago and it was a fairly traumatic experience. I was an FY2 in a Welsh district general hospital and I was on my own – at least, that’s how it felt to...