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ABDO has announced the appointment of Pragna Raghwani and Daniel Green to the ABDO Board
After inviting all eligible members to stand for election and completing the nomination process, ABDO is pleased to announce the appointment of Pragna Raghwani and Daniel Green to its Board. Pragna Raghwani, FBDO, is a retail director/partner at Specsavers, where...Brexit, for richer, for poorer: prospects for post-withdrawal Britain
The people of the United Kingdom voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, a referendum decision intended by a slim majority to restore national self-determination and achieve what many believed to be a...Analysis of ‘urgent’ cataract referrals from community optometrists in the West of Scotland
As elective cataract services restart post-COVID, how do we establish which patients should be a priority? The authors share their findings from a review of ‘urgent’ referrals received by the ophthalmology department in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. The COVID-19...
Risk of non-infectious uveitis associated with medications for substance use disorders
The authors evaluate the risk of non-infectious uveitis (NIU) in patients prescribed medications for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) of substance use disorders compared to a control group prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Utilising aggregated electronic health record data, this retrospective...New College President announced at The College of Optometrists’ AGM
The College of Optometrists has welcomed Professor Irene Ctori FCOptom as the professional body’s new President at the College’s AGM, held in Harrogate during Optometry Tomorrow, the College’s flagship conference. Professor Irene Ctori previously served as Vice-President of the College...Quality matters in the management of serious eye disorders
The author discusses the first quality standard for serious eye disorders from NICE and takes a look at new care models for enhanced service delivery. Patient backlogs pose risks to patient safety, with research showing that people are losing sight...Looking on the brightside: Lord David Blunkett
“I can hear people smile” As a young adult in the 1980s and 1990s I gradually became more politically informed with occasional forays into BBC’s Question Time. In doing so, I learnt of the rise of politician David Blunkett, a...REPORT: American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery (AECOS) European Symposium
David Shahnazaryan, Consultant Ophthalmologist, London, UK and Radhika Rampat, Consultant Ophthalmologist, London, UK, report from the AECOS Symposium in Antwerp, Belgium (June 10-12).Doctor in the House
“What’s the bleeding time?”“10 past 10 sir”. These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical Student Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) on a pre-op ward round at the fictional St Swithin’s Hospital,...Personalising the management of dry eye disease: TFOS DEWS III updates evidence-based recommendations
Dry eye disease (DED) is a heterogenous condition that arises from various aetiologic factors and leads to tear film instability, ocular surface damage and neurosensory changes. Symptoms of DED include ocular dryness, burning, itching, pain and visual impairment. An evidence-based...
