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There will be a 27% rise in the number of people living with sight loss in the UK by 2035, RNIB the UK’s leading sight loss charity predicts
This World Sight Day, leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) was calling for the UK Government to prioritise eye health. This is after fresh insight from the charity that shows there will be a...Moorfields Eye Charity appoints Louise Robertshaw as trustee
Louise Robertshaw has been appointed as a trustee at Moorfields Eye Charity. She will also chair the charity’s fundraising and communications committee. Louise has considerable experience working at a senior level and as a trustee at national charities including in...College leads call for standardised electronic health records
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is leading an urgent joint call for the national standardisation of electronic health records (EHRs) in eyecare, which they believe is essential to improve services, outcomes and patient experience. Organisations representing professionals in primary, secondary,...UK Eye Genetics Group Annual Conference
by Chloe M. Stanton, UK-EGG Treasurer, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh Delegates including ophthalmic clinicians, clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and research scientists travelled to Edinburgh from across the UK and Europe to attend...4th National Student Ophthalmology Conference (NSOC) 2025 – Evolution of Ophthalmology
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...100% Optical wins ‘best brand collaboration’ accolade
Optical tradeshow won the ‘Best Brand Collaboration’ award at the Exhibition News Indy Awards for the Association of Optometrists’ (AOP) partnership with Media 10.Haag-Streit’s 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024' includes new video category
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is delighted to launch the Haag-Streit 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition' in the UK once again.OSCE Fair 2024
by Ping Hei Alfie Lee, Y5 Medical Student, Newcastle University, UK. OSCE stands for Objective Structured Clinical Examination. It consists of a series of simulated scenarios evaluating student’s clinical competencies based on a set of standardised scoring rubrics. In the...
One-year result of XEN45 implant for glaucoma: efficacy, safety, and postoperative management
The authors report a retrospective, non-randomised interventional case series of 39 patients who underwent a standalone XEN45 implantation. All 39 patients (female: male=1.2: 1) completed 12-month follow-up. Mean age was 70.1 years (range 32–92). Primary outcome measures were the intraocular...
RPE atrophy onset in treated nAMD
In this study the authors aim to evaluate the role of various factors for the development of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy over a period of five years in patients with nAMD. Fifty-two newly diagnosed nAMD patients with complete absence...
