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Appeal for fundus cameras and OCT machines for Nigeria

Nigeria has the highest population of people living with diabetes mellitus (DM) in sub-Saharan Africa. As at 2013 the population of people living with DM stood at 4.9 million, of whom an estimated 1.7 million had diabetic retinopathy (DR). There is currently no national DR screening and treatment programme.

ABDO College releases new annual report

ABDO College has published its Annual Report for 2022, providing a pictorial overview of activities as well as detailing ABDO College's financial status.

The Royal College of Nursing: Advanced Level Practice for Ophthalmic Nursing

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is delighted to let you know that the RCN Ophthalmic Nursing Forum have recently published their Advanced Level Practice for Ophthalmic Nursing competencies guidelines, which can be found here. "Ophthalmic nursing offers opportunities for...

Andy Biart joins Carleton Optical as Surgical Business Manager, South

Carleton are pleased to welcome Andy Biart to their surgical team.

A lifelong commitment to ophthalmology

Altomed is the largest independent supplier to the UK ophthalmic surgical sector. We manufacture and distribute over 3,000 high-quality products, including reusable instruments, single use devices and consumables, sterilisation trays, implants, liquids and gases and simulation training models. Altomed are...

New Online Ophthalmology Portfolio Points Calculator

Applying for Ophthalmology ST1 is a competitive and often stressful process, with many applicants finding the portfolio self-assessment scoring system difficult to navigate. To make this process easier, a new online tool - MedPoints - has been developed to give...

Eye Juniors Introduction to the ST1 Application 2025-26

Join Eye Juniors for their Introduction to ST1 Ophthalmology Application 2025-2026. In this free talk high scoring trainees will talk you through the entire ST1 application process – from the MSRA and portfolio to the interview. They’ve been running the...

Haag-Streit Academy announces course schedule for 2026

The full schedule for Haag-Streit Academy’s popular educational courses has been announced for 2026 and dates are now available to book. The schedule includes the usual basic and advanced slit lamp courses along with ‘Improving Outcomes’ biometry courses and will...

Sight Sciences at UKEGS

The Sight Sciences team recently returned from an energising UKEGS conference in the wonderful city of Edinburgh. The team were pleased to spend time with customers, colleagues and contacts from across the UK and beyond. Many thanks to everybody who...

BiB Ophthalmic Instruments have entered into a new ‘Patent and Licencing Agreement’ with the American based BlephEx LLC.

Blephex is a professional in-office solution that completely removes the biofilm and demodex from the eye structure and lid margins and is an essential first line treatment for blepharitis and dry eye disease. Tim Baker CEO of BIB commented “this...

Enhancing ophthalmology training: Unleashing the power of simulation

Ethical and practical barriers hinder early surgical experience in ophthalmology training [1], which is problematic when early-career trainees bring a higher risk of poor surgical outcomes and patient harm [2]. The European working time directive and the surgical backlog secondary...

The results of the last survey Apr22

The answer to the first question was interesting in that it seems an increasing number of units are doing same-sitting bilateral cataract surgery. It is becoming accepted practice and mainstream. Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) involves performing phacoemulsification with...