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RCOphth Supervision for Ophthalmic Practitioner Training

9 April 2026
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Training The Trainer - Supervision for Ophthalmic Practitioner Training

Back-to-back congresses in Africa highlight international collaboration to advance eye health

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
The ISOO Africa 2023 Congress The first International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) [1] conference to be held in Africa took place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 21-23 August 2023. Participants came from all over Africa, as well as the US,...

Thermal injury and false eyelashes

1 April 2020 | | EYE - General
The authors provide a case of cyanoacrylate glue causing a thermal burn on the eyelid and explain how this type of burn should be managed. The use of false lashes as well as the techniques used to apply them come...

Pete’s day off

2 February 2024 | | EYE - General
“You’re not dying. You just can’t think of anything good to do” The above is the explanation given by high school student Ferris to his friend Cameron, who is lying in bed feeling sorry for himself when he should be...

Money never sleeps

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
“I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich” As declared by Jordan Belfort in a motivational speech to his staff in the film Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Unfortunately, medicine as a career does not lead to...

Pioneering accessible technology conference returns to Glasgow in 2025

29 January 2025 | meetings, events, technology, Scotland, accessibility
RNIB Scotland’s Inclusive Design for Sustainability (IDS) Conference is set to return to Glasgow Science Centre on 17 and 18 March 2025, bringing together global tech giants and accessibility advocates to explore the future of inclusive design. The event, which...

Countdown to opening begins as NHS takes keys for new Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital

18 June 2026 | services
Leaders at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust today took their first steps inside the region’s new specialist eye hospital as construction partner Kier officially handed over the keys. Set to open later this summer, NHS leaders have also...

Albinism: Celebrating international awareness, advocacy and clinical insights

3 June 2026 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Paediatrics
Albinism is a group of inherited genetic disorders which occurs worldwide, regardless of ethnicity or gender, and that affects melanin production in the hair, skin and eyes. Prevalence varies globally, ranging from approximately 1 in 20,000 individuals in Europe and...

Conference Report: Uveitis-North West: Weaving a vision at the Whitworth Art Gallery

6 August 2025 | | meetings, events, uveitis, UK
“It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and confined; namely that which addresses itself to the imagination from that which is solely addressed...

RNIB makes first Scotland stop in Glasgow on UK ‘Braille and Beyond’ library tour to celebrate two hundredth anniversary of braille

11 February 2025 | charity, RNIB, Braille, Louis Braille, events, meetings, report
On Tuesday, January 28, the Mitchell Library in Glasgow hosted a special event celebrating the importance of braille and tactile literacy, organised by sight loss charity RNIB in partnership with Glasgow Libraries. Open to everyone, the event offered a day...

College of Optometrists and RCOphth launch joint vision for eye care

26 August 2020
The College of Optometrists and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) have developed a joint vision for the two professions to continue to work together to support the delivery of safe and sustainable eye care services in England.

European experts working with Royal Blind School on future of vision impairment education

31 March 2023 | 3D printing, Education
Vision impairment education experts from Germany, Holland and Spain recently visited the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh to create a catalogue of objects that can be 3D printed.