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Basingstoke Ophthalmology Hospital commemorates first anniversary
CHEC marks one year milestone with community celebration.CHEC achieves Investors in People status
CHEC, one of the largest providers of community-based ophthalmology services in the UK, has achieved Investors in People status, with its company values and culture pinpointed as being fundamental to the company’s success.GOC approves SPOKE Project 5 output
The General Optical Council (GOC) has approved the fifth output of the Sector Partnership for Optical Knowledge and Education (SPOKE). The output is now available to download from the College of Optometrists website.CHEC launches vitreoretinal surgery service
CHEC, a community healthcare provider delivering specialist ophthalmology services in partnership with the NHS has announced it is now offering innovative vitreoretinal surgery service from some of its hospitals. The specialised field of ophthalmology focuses on treating a range of...Shockat Adam MP pledges to focus attention on special schools eyecare service
Charity SeeAbility and Willow Dene Oakmere Road special school in Greenwich were delighted to host the first practising optometrist MP to be elected to parliament, Shockat Adam, to see the charity’s eyecare work in action. Shockat came to learn more...Charles Bonnet Syndrome Information Day
09:00 - 17:00 GMTManagement of squint with near-distance angle disparity
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be on the patients where the angle for near exceeds the distance angle by more than...IN FOCUS - Prevention and treatment of blindness worldwide: the story of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’
The story of blindness and efforts to prevent and treat it cannot be told without going back to the earliest recorded history of blindness. Trachoma was described in ancient Egypt, cataract surgery in India about the fifth century BC and...
Clearly: How a 700 year old invention can change the world forever
“If you are reading this, there’s a one in two chance that you’re doing so with a pair of glasses or contact lenses. Just imagine what your life would be like without them.” Most of the people living in this...
The natural history of treatment naïve choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) in geographic atrophy
The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the characteristics and natural history of quiescent CNV in geographic atrophy (GA) utilising multi-modal imaging. Case notes were reviewed of patients diagnosed with geographic atrophy between January 2010 and December 2016...
Does intravitreal bevacizumab help in diabetic retinopathy related vitreous haemorrhage?
This retrospective, interventional case series, aimed to assess the effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in vitreous haemorrhage secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The primary outcome was the rate of vitrectomy (PPV) after IVB, with secondary outcomes the number of IVB...
