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Optical practices to continue to provide urgent and essential care

The UK Government has now published further guidance clarifying that opticians are exempt from the general requirement for retail businesses and premises to close. Optical practices may therefore continue to provide urgent and essential eye care to the extent that they can, including remote care, while managing COVID-19 risk to keep patients, staff and the public as safe as possible.

100% Optical and Optrafair organisers join forces

From now on there will be one major annual exhibition, 100% Optical at London’s ExCeL exhibition centre, which has full industry support from the FMO and other major optical bodies.

RCOphth Annual Congress - Day 1

Follow all the updates from the first day of the RCOphth 2022 Annual Congress here.

RCOphth Annual Congress - Day 4

Live updates from the final day at the RCOphth 2022 Annual Congress.

Inequities in access to education for blind and partially sighted children

Leading Scottish vision impairment organisations call on Scottish Government to endorse new framework for vision impairment education.

World-first artificial intelligence foundation model for eye care to supercharge global efforts to prevent blindness

Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that has the potential to not only identify sight-threatening eye diseases but also predict general health, including heart attacks, stroke and Parkinson’s disease.

Half a million factory workers in low-income countries have vision screened in landmark project led by alliance of US Businesses

Half a million factory workers in low-income countries have vision screened in landmark project led by alliance of US Businesses – a milestone announced today, World Sight Day.

RNIB welcomes new magnifier coming to a Google Pixel smartphone

RNIB welcomes new magnifier in-your-pocket-feature coming to a Google Pixel smartphone near you.

NHS online GP registration service rolled out to over 2000 practices

An NHS pledge to roll out a new online GP registration service to 2000 GP practices by the end of the year has been achieved ahead of schedule.

Limitations batted away at Glasgow blind cricket event

A unique event is being run in Glasgow this weekend for blind and sighted people to have a go at visually impaired cricket.

Innovative 3D printing could revolutionise treatment for cataracts and other eye conditions

University of East Anglia researchers have made a significant breakthrough in ocular device technology with the introduction of a novel resin for 3D printing intraocular devices. This innovation has potential to enhance the manufacture of eye implants universally used in cataract and refractive surgeries.