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New support pathway for children with sight loss launches to address vital need for consistency of care

25 July 2025 | paediatrics, patient experience, pathway, Guide Dogs UK

A new eye care support pathway to help children and young people with a vision impairment get the support they need, has been launched today by partners from across the sight loss sector. This sets out the care and services...

Know Your Risk: Glaucoma UK launches interactive online quiz to help prevent sight loss

4 August 2025 | glaucoma, Questionnaire, test, risk, patient

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the UK – it can affect anyone, at any time, and is often symptomless. Approximately 700,000 people in the UK have glaucoma, but 50% of them don’t know - if...

The orthoptic report – what does it all mean?

5 February 2020 | Laura Darley | EYE - Orbit, EYE - General

An orthoptist report may well look like a piece of Japanese Shodo, however, it does in fact contain some extremely useful information. This piece will briefly explain some of the common brush strokes seen on a report. There is some...

In conversation with Professor Bernie Chang, President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists

6 April 2021 | Bernie Chang (Prof) | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General

Congratulations on your appointment as RCOphth President in May last year. COVID-19 hit just before your presidency started. This must have been an incredibly challenging time to take the reins. How has the College risen to the challenges? Thank you....

75th Anniversary year of the first intraocular lens implant

3 October 2024 | Alistair Wood | EYE - General

The 29th of November 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the first intraocular lens implant by our Founder, Sir Harold Ridley FRS. The United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) is marking the event with a...

National dementia guidelines updated thanks to Moorfields-led initiative

28 August 2025 | NHS, dementia, Moorfields Eye Hospital, clinical guidelines, NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today updated its national dementia guidance to recommend that all patients newly diagnosed with dementia are offered an eye health assessment with an optometrist. Previously, patients diagnosed with dementia were...

Student Ophthalmology Review Day: SORD

16 November 2023

by Josephine A Bates, FY2 Doctor, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, UK. Opening its doors to medical students across the country once again, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists hosted the Student Ophthalmology Review Day (SORD) with a fantastic turnout. Dr...

How to diagnose and treat Acanthamoeba keratitis

1 February 2019 | Jaya Chidambaram | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

Corneal ulceration caused by Acanthamoeba is on the rise, and recent publications indicate an outbreak in the UK over the last few years [1]. Since Acanthamoeba keratitis often presents with atypical features, diagnosis from slit-lamp examination alone can often be...

Post-stroke visual impairment: how big is the problem, how do we identify it, what we can do about it, and why does it matter?

1 December 2022 | Lauren R Hepworth | EYE - General

In the UK, 100,000 new strokes occur each year, with 1.3 million stroke survivors [1]. This article will focus on post-stroke visual impairment, discussing topics of how common it is, how it can be detected, possible management options and how...

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