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Love will tear us apart again

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Sophie: Bye. Love you! Mark: I love you, too. (It’s okay, everyone says it. I say I love Häagen-Dazs and my broadband provider, and I like Sophie more than them. In most respects.) Yes, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching again...

My Top Five: Tips for a successful grant application in ophthalmology

3 February 2026 | | EYE - General
Securing funding for an educational or research initiative in ophthalmology can often feel like a competitive, confusing and time-intensive task. Whether you’re an early-career researcher looking to get your first project off the ground or an experienced educator aiming to...

Quality matters in the management of serious eye disorders

1 June 2019 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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...

Coming to terms with AI

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
A machine might be called intelligent if its response to questions could convince a person that it was human, a test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 [1]. The author considers potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) using machine learning...

Part 1: The Arclight Project – Frugal tech for sight

3 April 2024 | | EYE - General
Click here for Part 2 on this topic, and here for Part 3 The Arclight Project is a mix of frugal design, manufacturing, distribution, teaching, research, and advocacy, all wrapped up in a social enterprise based at the University of...

Glaucoma Awareness Week: Glaucoma UK to focus on hereditary nature of disease

7 June 2021
With so many people looking forward to reuniting with family and friends, Glaucoma Awareness Week will focus on the fact that glaucoma can be hereditary and the importance of loved ones in the lives of patients with the disease.

New helpline to offer support to thousands of Scots with sight loss

23 September 2021
The new telephone service from Sight Scotland, Scotland’s largest sight loss charity, offers someone for people with sight loss and their families to turn to for information, advice and support.

Patient care a family affair at Newcastle-Under-Lyme eye hospital

14 March 2022
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mother and daughter Lisa Moors and Hannah Young won’t have to wait until next Sunday to spend time together - the pair work side-by-side, caring for hundreds of cataract surgery patients each week...

SightCare 'The Future is Now' Conference a Success

14 February 2023
SightCare, the business support community for independent practices, was held on 29 and 30 January 2023 after its postponement from its original September date which unfortunately fell on the day of the Queen’s funeral.

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.

"Just a ‘thank you’ would be enough", says Belfast nurse

17 August 2023 | Optical Express, NHS, Free, Laser eye surgery, thanks a million
A nurse from Belfast who had her glasses broken by a patient has been given free laser eye surgery, in a campaign to thank frontline workers.

University of Glasgow officially opens new home for School of Health & Wellbeing

15 September 2023 | Glasgow University, School, Health, Wellbeing, Clarice Pears, Jill Pell
Research in the Clarice Pears building aims to improve health and reduce health inequalities.