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A new apprenticeship to train specialists in children’s eyecare and vision problems

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Paediatrics
A pioneering apprenticeship has launched that will create new opportunities for people to train as eyecare specialists while helping to tackle growing vision problems in children and adults across England. For the first time, aspiring orthoptists can now train through...

SightCare Awards 2026 – celebrating excellence in independent optometry

7 November 2025 | meeting, optometry, conference preview
The SightCare Awards 2026 are now open for entries - and this year, they’re bigger, bolder and more prestigious than ever. Set against the stunning backdrop of Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham, the SightCare Awards return in black-tie style on Sunday 26...

Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme

1 December 2013 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...

Survey of current undergraduate ophthalmology teaching in the United Kingdom

1 October 2019 |
Is there a crisis in ophthalmic education? The British Undergraduate Ophthalmology Society surveyed medical students and junior doctors to evaluate current ophthalmology teaching across medical schools in the UK. British medicals schools are currently not obligated to include ophthalmology within...

What's trending Oct/Nov 2021

1 October 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #cataracts #holography #simulation Cataracts are the major cause of blindness globally and innovating novel management strategies remains as important as ever...

Clinical tutor enjoys rewarding nature of volunteering

16 August 2023 | Benji Chandra, Bradford University, Charity, Volunteering
Bradford University Clinical Tutor, Benji Chandra, celebrates five years of supporting the needs of homeless people this summer.

SCOPE supports VCHP

12 November 2024 | industry, charity, donation, good cause, homesless, UK, fundraiser, Ireland
Longstanding VCHP supporters, Scope Eyecare, have stepped up their giving with a £2,000 donation which will help the charity to deliver even more free eye examinations around the country. Daniel Achilles, Medical and Professional Affairs Advisor with Scope Eyecare and...

‘Agenda-setting’ BCLA Clinical Conference to shape the future of contact lens practice around the world

16 June 2023 | BCLA, Conference, contact lens
The global eye care professional network’s “unquenchable thirst for learning” ensured the success of the first in-person BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition in four years.

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Collaborating across the Caribbean to tackle diabetic retinopathy

1 December 2017 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme has been running since 2004, with a focus on improving the quality and quantity of eye care training in low-income countries [1]. In 2014, the Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) was established [2]. This is a...

Cementing a VISION 2020 LINK partnership between Blantyre and Liverpool – building capacity for DR services alongside research

1 August 2016 | | 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
Malawi is a small land-locked country in eastern Africa with a growing population of over 17 million people. About 45% of the population is aged 14 or under; only 5% are aged 60 or over. The gross national income per...

The invisible touch: a VISION 2020 LINK with Indonesia

1 February 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Indonesia’s population, the world’s fourth largest, is spread across 6,000 inhabited islands. Whilst some areas (e.g. Kalimantan, Papua) are relatively sparsely populated, Java is the world’s most densely populated island, with twice the population of the UK in half the...