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Blind veterans continue hillwalking passion thanks to power of VR

13 April 2023 | vr, virtual reality, visual impairment, Assistive technology
Imagine being a keen hillwalker who loves the outdoors but then being unable to enjoy it because of sight loss. Fortunately, many veterans of the Armed Forces who have visual impairment can climb their favourite mountains again, thanks to Sight Scotland Veterans.

SpaMedica celebrates 15 years of industry innovation and unrivalled patient care

12 July 2023 | SpaMedica, anniversary, Industry
Launched in 2008, the UK’s largest provider of NHS cataract surgery has helped thousands of patients and invested in world-class training.

3D Slit Lamp Grand Round at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress 2023

1 August 2023 | | slit lamp, slit-lamp, RCOphth2023, RCOphth
This year at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists saw a world’s first for any conference: a slit-lamp grand round.

Doncaster eye hospital is rated ‘Outstanding’ by industry inspectors

17 October 2023 | SpaMedica, infrastructure, inspection, Cataract surgery
The independent regulator of health and social care in England has awarded a Doncaster eye hospital the highest possible rating - ‘Outstanding’ - following an inspection that took place in August 2023.

More Than Just a Call: RNIB’s Talk and Support Groups combatting loneliness

16 June 2025 | charity, news, patient stories, services
Every Thursday at 11am, something quietly powerful happens across Scotland. Phones ring, voices chime in, and a group of blind and partially sighted people connect for an hour that’s full of laughter and real talk. It’s an RNIB Talk and...

Reflections on deployment to ICU

21 May 2020 | | EYE - General
Being unexpectedly uprooted from ophthalmology to ICU during the coronavirus pandemic was certainly a challenge, not just clinically, but emotionally and personally. However, it is only through adversary that we learn to appreciate what we have, and there are definitely...

ABDO releases new white paper on paediatric vision care

10 June 2026 | optometry, public health, services, guidelines
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has released a new white paper, Advancing paediatric vision care: evidence-based insights and best practices for dispensing spectacles to children by Dr Alicia Thompson. Children’s vision underpins educational attainment, social interaction and lifelong...

Katherine McVeigh

4 February 2021 | | EYE - General
In this new section we profile creatives whose work is inspired by the eye. Since I was a child, I have enjoyed art projects. It provided me with a space for creative freedom without rules or restrictions. Unfortunately, this fell...

What’s trending? Dec/Jan 2018

1 December 2017 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #scleratattoo Yes, you read that correctly. Scleral tattoos are a relatively new form of extreme body modification. Oddly enough, ‘sclera...

The Sickle Cell Retinopathy Network is leading global change in screening and management

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Sickle cell disease or disorder (SCD) is one of the most neglected health conditions in the world. A strong hypothesis is that this is because SCD affects people of African, Caribbean and other Global Majority communities and has received disproportionately...

Retinal arteriovenous malformation

1 June 2018 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A 24-year-old Caucasian girl reported to the eye clinic with the complaint of painless decreased vision in her right eye. She had no history of infectious disease, trauma, systemic malignancy or other systemic complaint. Her best corrected visual acuity was...

High quality retinal image grading and management service by the NetwORC UK

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Imaging
In 2004 a network of three ophthalmic reading centres in Belfast, London and Liverpool (known as NetwORC UK) was established to form the largest reading centre in Europe for the purpose of providing high quality grading of ophthalmic images for...