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At least 70 percent of cataract patients could benefit from toric IOL

More than two-thirds of cataract patients could benefit from toric intraocular lenses (IOL), according to findings presented at 100% Optical. Consultant ophthalmologist Nigel Kirkpatrick set out how astigmatism is a significant issue for cataract surgery patients during a main stage...

Specialty Contact Lenses

Specialty Contact Lenses, edited by Daddi Fadel and Melissa Barnett, is a comprehensive and clinically focused text that reflects the growing importance of specialty lenses in modern eyecare. As practice shifts beyond standard refractive correction towards increasingly personalised visual rehabilitation,...

Optical sector bodies unite on key principles for GOC registrant fee review

Leading optical sector organisations highlight strong alignment in response to GOC consultation on registrant fees Three leading optical sector organisations have written jointly to the General Optical Council (GOC) to highlight significant areas of agreement emerging from their respective responses...

Belfast Eye Conference 2024

by Zina Mobarak, FY1 Doctor, Manchester University Foundation Trust, UK. The Belfast Eye conference was held online over two days, aimed at anyone interested in ophthalmology and focused on delivering informative talks from specialists in various ophthalmic specialties and presenting...

From Awareness to Advocacy: RNIB sight loss and complex needs training day

Support patients with sight loss and complex needs - with confidence. Training available to Eye Care Professionals Join us on Wednesday 17 June 2026, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at RNIB’s award-winning Grimaldi Building in central London for a...

The unlabelled syringe: An avoidable medication risk in ophthalmic surgery

Ophthalmic surgery is a specialty of small volumes, clear fluids and unforgiving anatomy. In cataract, glaucoma and vitreoretinal surgery, a theatre trolley may contain several syringes that look almost identical: balanced salt solution (BSS), lignocaine, intracameral mydriatic, phenylephrine, antibiotic, dye,...

The results of the last survey Feb25

*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...

Introducing: iGLEAMS-3

30 September (Colchester FirstSite) – 1 October (Colchester ICENI Centre)

CPD education sessions now live for 100% Optical and 100% Ophthalmology

Organisers of the UK’s largest optical show, 100% Optical have announced that its first batch of CPD education programme sessions have launched with the second phase set to go live in the weeks to come. With a promise to ‘focus...

Registration launches for 100% Optical and 100% Ophthalmology 2026

Organisers have announced that free registration for 100% Optical, the UK’s largest optical exhibition, and its co-located event, 100% Ophthalmology, will be live in the first week of September. Where eyecare meets eyewear, the award-winning event for the Optical and...

Fundus photography in Malawi – setting up a screening programmefor diabetic retinopathy

We present the case of a 53-year-old lady who presented to the diabetes outpatient clinic at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi. She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus six years ago, for which she takes metformin orally. She...

In conversation with Andrena McElvanney (President, MCLOSA)

We spoke to Andrena about MCLOSA's annual meeting this November, key developments in cornea and external eye disease, and plans for the association’s 30th anniversary. Andrena McElvanney (top, second from right) and the OSI council members. The Medical Contact Lens...