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The Global Vision Database

1 December 2015 | | EYE - General
The overall goal of the Global Vision Database (GVD) [1] is to develop and deploy new and improved evidence on the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment (VI) globally. It is a repository which allows us to assess the causes...

You want to do paediatric ophthalmology? Seriously?

1 August 2017 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Completion of Core Training is approaching fast and you begin to wonder three things. One, where do you want to live? Two, is anyone going to be retiring there soon? Three, what subspecialty do you want to do? In an...

The fragile p-value

5 October 2020 | | EYE - General
Abdus Samad Ansari explores the limitation of the p-value and the application of the fragility index in clinical trials. Clinical trials and tribulations? The restoration of vision or more purely the gift of sight is an aspect of care that...

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...

Burnout: ubiquitous and unavoidable?

3 August 2023 | | EYE - General
Meriam Islam reminds us of the importance of ‘putting our oxygen mask on first’ and avoiding burnout while we progress through our careers. Burnout. It’s a term we hear a lot. What does it mean though? According to Merriam Webster,...

Can 3D facial imaging improve patient management in disfiguring eye disease?

1 August 2015 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Oculoplastic
Fight for Sight is the leading UK charity funder of eye research. Since the 2013 Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership we have encouraged our researchers to work on priorities jointly identified by people affected by sight loss and...

Unconscious bias (part 2)

5 February 2020 | | EYE - General
Does unconscious bias exist, and does training help to reduce discriminatory behaviour? Clare Inkster questions her role as a trainer. I read Gwyn Williams’ Learning Curve article on this topic a few months ago with interest, and as someone who...

Neovascular AMD: fresh recommendations underline standards of best practice

1 December 2013 |
The management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) has advanced dramatically over the past seven years, with the introduction of targeted new therapies that successfully maintain or improve vision in a majority of affected individuals. It’s a fast moving field,...

Sensitive cilia – eyelashes in health and disease

5 October 2020 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
In health our eyelashes protect the eyes, but in disease they can disfigure, impair quality of life and threaten vision. In this review the authors discuss aspects of lashes that are relevant to all professionals working near the eyes and...

The Eyes Have It and World Eye Health Day - A Q&A with Marsha de Cordova

15 December 2023 | TEHI, WEHD, Politics, eye health, report, change, sight loss
Westminster Eye Health Day is the flagship parliamentary event of The Eyes have It, a partnership of Roche, Macular Society, Fight for Sight, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Association of Optometrists and RNIB and has returned for its third year, sponsored by Marsha de Cordova MP.

Paediatric spectacle dispensing: more than a frame and lenses

1 April 2017 | | EYE - General
It’s incredibly rewarding to fit a child’s first pair of spectacles and see their face light up; looking around to see the wider world for the first time. Sometimes it is so obvious that even the most reluctant parent will...

Virtual COVID clinics

5 August 2020 | | EYE - General
The clinics at Ystradgynlais Community Hospital are a little different of late. The nurses are still there, I still get tea with custard creams and the letters I dictate are still all written up by the next day. But there...