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The Eyes Have It and World Eye Health Day - A Q&A with Marsha de Cordova

15 December 2023 | TEHI, WEHD, Politics, eye health, report, change, sight loss
Westminster Eye Health Day is the flagship parliamentary event of The Eyes have It, a partnership of Roche, Macular Society, Fight for Sight, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Association of Optometrists and RNIB and has returned for its third year, sponsored by Marsha de Cordova MP.

A life less miserable

2 December 2024
Secret reveal… I love musicals! Ignoring regular derision from high-brow critics, musical theatre continues to maintain a strong presence in the hearts and minds of the people. Broadway and the West End thrive with new shows and classic productions entertaining...

RNIB's verdict on the 10-Year Plan for the NHS

4 July 2025 | news, charity, 10 Year Health Plan, NHS, government
The UK Government has released the long awaited 10-Year Plan to reform the National Health Service (NHS) in England. The Plan outlines the details and proposals to deliver on the promised three changes which would transform healthcare across the country:...

Glucose-sensing contact lenses replace the finger prick test!

1 August 2018 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Glucose-sensing contact lenses replace the finger prick test! The concept of contact lenses was first illustrated by...

Four pillars: The importance of clinical research

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General
This series explores the four pillars of advanced clinical practice and here, Rebecca Turner explores the pillar of clinical research. The role of the ophthalmic advanced nurse practitioner, as with all registered practitioners allied to ophthalmology, is on an upward...

Capacity-strengthening for diabetic retinopathy services in low- and middle-income countries

3 February 2023 | | EYE - General
Introduction DR-NET eye health professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have, since 2015, been able to access training in diabetic retinopathy (DR) grading provided by Gloucestershire Retinal Education Group (GREG). GREG, led by Professor Peter Scanlon and based at...

Specialty-driven EMR for paperless clinical environment – insights for an informed choice

1 August 2016 | | EYE - General
Deployment of specialty-driven (or specialty-specific) electronic medical record (EMR) systems across UK ophthalmology units appears to be growing rapidly at the expense of generic, multiuse digital technology packages. Experience further suggests that open source systems can play a significant role...

Ophthalmology history and examination – a guide for medical students

15 February 2023 | | EYE - General
*First author Students have very little exposure to ophthalmology during their years at medical school. Teaching consists of a handful of lectures followed by a short placement in which students are expected to practise histories and examinations on patients with...

A semi-automated algorithm for identifying glaucoma patients with blindness

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Patients with sight impairment (previously referred to as partial sightedness) or severe sight impairment (previously referred to as blindness) are eligible for a certificate of visual impairment (CVI). Certification confers eligibility for a wide range of benefits administered by local...

Ophthalmic mentors: Professor Sir Peng Tee Khaw

1 December 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, 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 - General
In the second of our interviews in this series, Eye News speaks to Professor Sir Peng Tee Khaw, Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Director of the National Institute for Health Research, Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields...

Tackling diabetic retinopathy globally through the VISION 2020 LINKS Diabetic Retinopathy Network

1 February 2017 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, 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 - General
It is abundantly clear that the burden of diabetes is rapidly increasing, as there are now 415 million adults with diabetes in the world, with a projected rise to 642 million by 2040 [1]. This equates to 1 in 10...

Launch of the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service in UHWI Jamaica

1 June 2016 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
At 2.55pm on Wednesday 16 March 2016 the first patient was screened and given her results in the new nurse-led Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) Clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Kingston, Jamaica. This was the result...