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Moorfields: Pregnancy considerations in women with eye disease- a day of ophthalmology for obstetricians

Ophthalmic conditions are common in women of childbearing age, and treatments for these are evolving at a fast pace. When these women become pregnant, the obstetrician may be unfamiliar with the effect of pregnancy on their eye condition, the medications...

ST1 Ophthalmology Interview Course 2 March 24 (in-person)

This course is run by current trainees successful in the 2023 application cycle, with multiple members scoring 100% on the interview and ranking in the top 10 nationally. The course is designed to maximise your chances of success. Interview Course•...

The founder of modern ophthalmology: Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder

A recent article in Eye News by Blaikie & King highlighted the extraordinary contribution made to the profession of ophthalmology by Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder. The author felt it appropriate to take a further in-depth look at the remarkable career...

The clues of the eye – what is medical ophthalmology?

The author looks at the increasingly significant role of medical ophthalmologists and the importance of integrative healthcare. The eye is a remarkable organ, and for decades we have been discovering intimations of pathology existing elsewhere in the body [1] simply...

Glaucoma care provision using a multidisciplinary approach: a personal view

This article is going to explain the secret to running an efficient multidisciplinary glaucoma service which will comfortably meet the demands of an ever-growing elderly population, within the confines of budgetary and clinical constraints, wherever the setting. This may be...

People watching…

Confession time: I love a good airport lounge! Not only does it mean that you are about to go get some sunshine on a well-deserved break, it also provides a perfect opportunity to watch people go by. And what a...

Diabetic retinopathy screening in Belize: a country’s journey towards reducing blindness from DR

The rise of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications is a public health concern in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Programme, managed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by the Queen Elizabeth...

Coaching: Supporting doctors’ development and wellbeing

Supporting and retaining the workforce is a top priority for all NHS organisations, but it’s not clear how best to do this, or how such support should be funded. Junior doctors have clinical and educational supervision, and the quality of...

Therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency: cell fate after limbal stem cell transplants

“The beauty of scientific research lies in that the search for answers often yields yet more questions.” A large body of evidence points to the corneoscleral limbal location as the repository of putative epithelial stem cells [1]. Thoft proposed the...

Eye Capacity: clinical need should drive ophthalmic service provision

Almost two million people in the UK suffer sight loss, a number forecast to double over coming decades. Major causes of blindness are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataract and uncorrected refractive error. Prevalence of these sight-threatening conditions...

Moorfields: Referral refinement for ophthalmic healthcare professionals

Moorfields Eye Hospital are delighted to present Referral refinement for ophthalmic healthcare professionals. The course is primarily targeted at clinicians working in primary or secondary care. The objective of this course is to delve into best practice for different conditions...

Hemianopia or visuospatial neglect: differences in information processing

It is widely reported that visuospatial neglect and hemianopia may be superimposed, and disentangling the two conditions can be pose difficulties for clinicians. The authors of this paper explored the differences in implicit information processing which is effective in patients...