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New GIRFT glaucoma guidance – opportunities for improvement through primary eyecare services

28 May 2026 | Guidelines, Optometry
Primary eyecare organisations have welcomed the publication of NHS England's Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Best Practice Guidance for Glaucoma Services. If implemented by ICBs as intended, the new guidance should mark an important step forward in the delivery...

Updated Supervision eligibility, opportunities and support for Scheme of Registration from 1 July 2026

26 June 2026 | optometry, training
From 1 July 2026, supervision arrangements on the Scheme for Registration will align with the model already used in Clinical Learning in Practice (CLiP). This marks the final stage of the transition to supervision arrangements designed to meet the GOC’s...

Landmark dataset to accelerate research on anterior segment eye disease

1 July 2026 | research, technology, diagnostics
Diseases affecting the anterior segment, the front part of the eye, are among the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness globally, yet few large-scale datasets have been available for these conditions. In response, clinical researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital...

UKEGS reveals new president and president-elect

9 December 2020
Glaucoma UK has announced the appointments of the new president and president-elect for its UK and Éire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS).

Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning elects Dr Gillian Rudduck MCOptom as Chair

14 August 2025 | appointments, optometry, CCEHC
Dr Gillian Rudduck MCOptom, President of The College of Optometrists, has been elected as the new chair of the Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning (CCEHC) following a vote by the members of the Council. The CCEHC is an independent...

The International Centre for Eye Health: weaving the global threads together

4 October 2023 | | EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS & Networks Programme has been writing regular articles in Eye News about its capacity-strengthening activities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for more than a decade. This, the first International Issue, is a landmark for Eye...

A Nightmare on Doctor Street

3 October 2022 | | EYE - General
“Number one: you can never have sex. Big no no! Big no no! Sex equals death, okay?Number two: you can never drink or do drugs. The sin factor! It’s a sin. It’s an extension of number one.And number three: never,...

Viva Las Vegas: Dr Corey Hochman

3 August 2023 | | EYE - General
Speaking with Phoenix-based ophthalmologist and poker player, Dr Corey Hochman, Peter Cackett explores the themes of success and failure, and how the ups and downs of one’s ambition can provide an overwhelming gratitude for life. “Money won is twice as...

The results of the last survey Apr25

2 April 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Postoperative endophthalmitis is arguably the worse possible complication of cataract surgery. We are a victim of our own success as the procedure has such an amazing safety profile that when things go wrong patients are bound to feel aggrieved and...

A connected workplace – Part 1

1 December 2018 | | 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, EYE - Cataract
Losing services to external providers is an increasingly common challenge for traditional NHS eye care providers. The external providers tend to have a well connected IT infrastructure, allowing sharing of patient records and imaging data between their different facilities. Working...

Cataract incidence rates in patients from the UK suffering with diabetes mellitus

1 October 2018 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
The authors summarise the main findings from a recent study which investigated the incidence rates of cataract in patients with or without diabetes mellitus (DM). Background to the study Worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 253 million people...

How to pass the FRCOphth Part 1 as a foundation trainee: some practical tips

7 February 2022 | | EYE - General
Attempting the FRCOphth Part 1 examination as a foundation trainee requires significant time and financial commitment. Unlike the MRCP and MRCS examinations, the curriculum of this exam does not overlap with the undergraduate syllabus. As such, it is a steep...