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World Ophthalmology Congress goes virtual

The World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC2020) has decided to make its June meeting virtual, to provide "an opportunity to come together, collaborate and share the latest advancements in eye care".

ABDO to run pre-Board elections webinars

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is inviting its members to attend one of two webinars in preparation for its forthcoming Board elections.

ABDO National Resource Centre secures new digital sponsor

The ABDO National Resource Centre (NRC) based in Birmingham has secured a new gold digital sponsor in Eyecare Education. Eyecare Education are a GOC-approved CPD provider who offer a range of professional education services. Their CPD conferences provide optometrists and...

Report: 75th Anniversary of the IOL Gala Dinner

The 29th November 2024 marked the 75th Anniversary of the first intra-ocular lens implant by Sir Harold Ridley who invented the lens in collaboration with John Pike of Rayner. In conjunction with Rayner and UKISCRS, the Ridley Eye Foundation held...

Specsavers joins IAPB to advocate for better eye health

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) proudly welcomes Specsavers as a pivotal new member, joining the global alliance for the eye health sector in the fight against avoidable sight loss. "For more than four decades, Specsavers has...

Hanson Medical is bringing Market Leading Norlase® Eye Lasers to the UK

Hanson Medical, a leading supplier of medical technology, has secured an exclusive agreement to become the sole distributor of Norlase's next-generation ophthalmic laser solutions. Hanson Medical will be offering all three of Norlase’s lasers to UK and Republic of Ireland...

Birmingham Optical Achieves UKAS ISO 9001 Certification

Birmingham Optical, a leading UK provider of optical equipment and services, has been awarded the prestigious UKAS ISO 9001 certification, a globally recognised standard for quality management systems (QMS). This milestone reflects the company’s dedication to excellence, consistency, and customer...

Haag-Streit UK announces appointment of Thomas Lenzen as new CEO

Haag-Streit UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Lenzen as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Haag-Streit Group. Thomas Lenzen. With more than two decades of international leadership experience in the med tech industry, Thomas Lenzen...

Cricket fan Tony credits NHS cataract surgery with improving his mental health as well as his sight

Tony, 65, could see the ball at Trent Bridge match ‘for the first time in years’ and says ‘everything’ in life has improved, after cataract removal at SpaMedica.

How to maximise points for your ophthalmology portfolio as a medical student

Ophthalmology is an extremely popular and competitive career option, with one of the highest competition ratios at ST1 level entry (10:1 in 2023) [1]. It is also a highly rewarding speciality, involving: a mixture of medicine and surgery in a...

RCT of operative routes for congenital cataract surgery

The authors evaluated the performance of 25G vitrectomy systems in the management of congenital cataract in infants through two routes – anterior (transcorneal) and posterior (pars plana). This was a prospective randomised trial (RCT) of 24 eyes of 12 patients...

Simple approach to prevent capsule tear-out during capsulorhexis creation in hyper mature cataracts

Puncturing the anterior capsule in the anterior chamber so that the pressure falls below intracapsular tension causes the rhexis to extend out to the equator. If this develops into a tear that wraps around the entire lens it is called...