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Fight for Sight to maximise impact by funding solutions-focused research in priority eye conditions

Fight for Sight aims to stop sight loss by funding pioneering research. Rod McNeil takes a look at the Primer Fellowship Awards programme, which provides funding for up to £60,000 for individuals to undertake vision-related research for one year. Among...

Dr William Mackenzie: a founding figure of modern ophthalmology

The author looks at the career of William Mackenzie and the important role he played in establishing the status of ophthalmology as a recognised medical speciality. There are certain individuals who, blessed with ability and means, are destined to leave...

New Swansea eye hospital officially opened by Lord Mayor

A new hospital specialising in NHS eye patient services has been officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Swansea, Councillor Mike Day.

Moorfields at Stratford opens new operating theatres for eye surgery

Moorfields Eye Hospital has welcomed the first patients for surgery at its new hub in Stratford.

Royal Navy Veteran returns to cenotaph 50 years after first parade with Sight Scotland Veterans

John Finlay, 66, from Dalkeith, served as a Radio Operator in the Royal Navy from 1974 to 1979, stationed at the HMS Cochrane naval base in Rosyth. Now living with sight loss due to diabetes, John is marking an emotional...

Young visionaries win global competition by re-designing the Glasses of the Future

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) celebrated UNICEF World Children’s Day by announcing the winners of ‘Glasses of the Future’, a global competition that invited children across the world to design the next generation of glasses. Lama...

Major grant secured to transform immune cell imaging research

A research team has been awarded significant funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to develop an innovative drug-device combination that aims to revolutionise how individual immune cells are monitored and treated in patients at Moorfields...

New Year’s Honours: Chair of Deafblind UK awarded OBE for services to people living with deafblindness

Deafblind UK has today welcomed the announcement that its Chair, Robert Nolan, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to people living with deafblindness. Robert, who is deafblind himself and lives with Type 2...

Half of blind and partially sighted people fear being left stranded at train stations

More than half of blind and partially sighted people fear being stranded, stressed and disoriented during train journeys due to the unpredictability of their experiences with rail passenger assistance. New research from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)...

World-class eye health centre in London named

A new, world-class centre for eye care, research, and education, opening in Camden in 2027 has been officially named. A partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Moorfields Eye Charity, the new centre will be called...

Married sighted guide runners take on Edinburgh Marathon for Sight Scotland

When Javi and Nuria take their place on the start line of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival this May, they will not be simply running a race. They will be showing what is possible when you refuse to give up on...

5-FU vs. Avastin as adjunct to conjunctival autograft

The authors compare the outcome of pterygium treatment using 5-fluorouracil as an adjunct to free conjunctival autograft versus bevacizumab (Avastin) as an adjunct to free conjunctival autograft, via a randomised controlled prospective study. Seventy eyes of 70 patients were included...