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Ocular Melanoma UK launches Ocular Melanoma October to shine a light on rare eye cancer

13 October 2025 | oncology, cancer, charity, October, OMUK
Ocular Melanoma UK (OMUK) the nation’s only charity dedicated exclusively to supporting those affected by ocular melanoma, today launched Ocular Melanoma October – a nationwide campaign highlighting the realities of living with this rare, life-threatening and often misunderstood cancer. Each...

Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (OOC): Invitation to Tender Services for Conference Organisation and Event Management

10 January 2023 | Contracts & Distributors
After successfully attaining CIO status in 2019 the Council of the OOC is reviewing contracts with all service providers.

RNIB working with games studios to make VR more accessible

11 December 2025 | technology, charity, services
Abertay University and RNIB launch toolkit to make extended reality experiences more accessible for blind and partially sighted people. The new guidance launched in December 2025 will support accessible design in games and immersive experiences for blind and partially sighted...

CooperVision announces ‘Fresh Start’ the next phase of its ‘Fresh Thinking’ campaign at 100% Optical 2024

24 February 2024 | contact lens, optometry, Opticians, conferences, events, 100%
Leading manufacturer continues conversation with eyecare professionals on shaping the future of the contact lens patient fitting journey.

Human factors in the operating room

3 June 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
The importance of minimising human error in surgery is well established. This was initially sparked by lessons learned from the aviation industry in the 1970s after several fatal flight accidents [1]. This became a catalyst for a movement on training...

Redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: personal accounts from four ophthalmology trainees

5 August 2020 | | EYE - General
We once believed that the coronavirus would not penetrate the safe confines of the United Kingdom, like so many outbreaks before this. Once the news came that this pandemic descended into our hospitals, the anxieties about redeployment began. Many of...

Demyelinating optic neuropathy

5 June 2023 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Introduction Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammatory process affecting the optic nerve. After glaucoma, it is the most common optic neuropathy affecting patients under the age of 50. The usual presentation of typical ON is unilateral subacute loss of vision...

UKEGS (UK and Éire Glaucoma Society) Conference 2024

9 October 2024 -10 October 2024
Pretty soon it’s going to be the 9th of October, and a quick Wikipedia search will tell you of how this day in history has seen the founding of the Kingdom of Valencia, the initial whispers of the Prague Astronomical...

The Case of Dr Bawa-Garba – Do we truly have a ‘no blame’ culture?

1 October 2018 | | EYE - General
Eye News’ medico-legal specialist shares his thoughts on the recent acquittal of Dr Bawa-Garba. On 13 August 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled that Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba should be reinstated on the UK medical register. The Court of Appeal rejected...

Thinking outside the box – adapting to the COVID-19 lockdown

5 August 2020 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
How can we avoid further delays to follow-up in glaucoma patients? The author asks if there is a socially distanced way to check IOPs in those at high risk of losing vision. Glaucoma is an asymptomatic condition. Loss of the...

Brave new world

3 June 2024 |
It’s a great honour to be handed the editorial relay baton by Professor Bal Dhillon and I hope I don’t fumble it along the way. As I put pen to paper, I reflect on Bal’s signing off in the last...

Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme

1 December 2013 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...