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Optimising an acute eye service in the current COVID-19 crisis

5 June 2020 | | EYE - General
With the current global pandemic of COVID-19 we have all had to redesign and reorganise our normal working practices. Non-urgent hospital work has been postponed to allow redistribution of resources, redeployment of hospital staff and to reduce the risk of...

The symbolism of eyes in Halloween traditions and popular culture

31 October 2025 | | EYE - General
Halloween is a festival steeped in symbolism. Pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts and witches dominate the seasonal iconography, each representing broader cultural anxieties about death, darkness and the supernatural. Among these motifs, the eye, often depicted as glowing, disembodied or grotesquely exaggerated,...

Disability charity releases new film to improve eyecare for people with learning disabilities

3 July 2025 | news, charity, SeeAbility, media, eyecare
Disability charity SeeAbility has launched a new short film for Learning Disability Week to raise awareness of how people with learning disability can get support with eyecare. The charity works to remove the barriers to eye care for people with...

Moorfields Education: Cataract, medical retina and disc assessment 2026

13 April 2026
The Cataract/medical retina/ disc assessment short course has been designed to meet the training needs of band 6’s and 7s who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in disease recognition, management and intervention of cataract, medical retina and disc...

OSA signs further 10 year deal with 100% Optical

16 September 2024 | industry, conferences, events, diary, 100%, ophthalmology
The OSA and Media 10, owners of 100% Optical, have signed a further ten-year agreement to work together. This follows the three-year agreement which has been in place since the closure of Optrafair. The securing of this long-term relationship between...

Updated MOSUK website

8 January 2024 | Digital, MOSUK, Registration, Anniversary, ophthalmology, Societies
This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Medical Ophthalmology Society UK (MOSUK) meeting, which first took place in 1999 at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE) Bursaries 2024

22 February 2024 | bursary, OAEE, Ukraine, charity, Europe, International
OAEE assists young eye doctors from Eastern Europe to attend as observers in specialist clinics in the UK where a fee for observerships is charged. It also helps fund teaching visits by UK ophthalmologists to Eastern Europe and gives travel bursaries to ophthalmologists and orthoptists wishing to present papers at national and international eye congresses in the region.

How do blind and vision impaired people experience loneliness and isolation?

19 April 2024 | society, problems, challenges, blind, community, report, study, research, wellbeing
This week Fight for Sight / Vision Foundation released a report highlighting the acute experiences of loneliness among people who are blind or vision impaired.

New AI in ophthalmology resource goes live

20 February 2025 | research, tools, AI, artificial intelligence, RCOphth, resource
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has launched a new free resource, sharing and signposting artificial intelligence as medical device (AIaMD) tools for use in ophthalmology. The online AI directory is an evolving catalogue of AIaMD tools used in research or...

Stephen Connell joins Birmingham Optical Ophthalmology division as Clinical Sales Specialist

27 June 2023 | Research & Development
Stephen began his career in Ophthalmology in 2006 as an Ophthalmic Science Practitioner joining the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Global Experts Unite: Visionary Horizons Sets the Stage for the Future of Ophthalmology

23 January 2026 | Company Profiles, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Heidelberg Engineering, as part of EssilorLuxottica, marked a milestone in global eyecare innovation with the inaugural Visionary Horizons symposium — the first event of its kind showcasing Heidelberg’s pioneering innovation and expertise as a driving force within EssilorLuxottica’s technological and...

4th National Student Ophthalmology Conference (NSOC) 2025 – Evolution of Ophthalmology

10 May 2025
by Umme Alam and Adnan Abdul-Aziz, NSOC Leads We’re excited to announce that the fourth annual National Student Ophthalmology Conference (NSOC) will take place on Saturday 10th May 2025, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM — and for the first...