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My Top Five: Ophthalmology learning tools for doctors

Starting a career in ophthalmology can be both exciting and demanding. Despite its captivating and broad nature, ophthalmology often proves challenging for beginners around the globe due to limited exposure during medical school [1–5]. Fortunately, plenty of resources are available,...

Sight Scotland urge new First Minister to "open his eyes to inclusivity and accessibility challenges for vision impaired"

Sight Scotland and its sister charity Sight Scotland Veterans are calling on the new Frist Minister, Humza Yousaf MSP, to improve inclusivity and accessibility for the vision impaired.

AI breakthrough in detecting leading cause of childhood blindness

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool could be an effective way of identifying retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of childhood blindness in middle-income countries, finds a new study led by UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital researchers.

£1.7 million funding for research into children’s eye health

Moorfields Eye Charity and the Medical Research Foundation are working in partnership to support research into childhood and adolescent eye health, putting £1.7 million of funding into this massively underfunded area of research.

Ocular Telehealth: A Practical Guide, 1st Edition

Ocular Telehealth: A Practical Guide is in its first edition, which is great considering the recent adjustments to practical medical delivery that the COVID-19 pandemic has mandated. Overall, this book is well written in a structured format defining the uses...

Beyond ‘Shield and Ship’: a novel device (Eye-Aid) to provide temporary aqueous tamponade

The authors present a pilot efficacy study of the novel Eye-Aid device in a porcine model of full-thickness corneal wounds to mitigate anterior chamber collapse in the forward military environment. Currently, the ‘Shield and Ship’ paradigm taught to military healthcare...

UKNOS (UK Neuro-ophthalmology Society) Annual Meeting 2024

UKNOS 2023 sold out so book here now at early bird rates to avoid disappointment & save on cost Newcastle will host our next annual meeting on Feb 8th 2024, focused on Managing Uncertainty(ies) in Neuro-Ophthalmology - join us and...

GREG (Gloucestershire Research & Education Group): Advanced Grading in Diabetic Retinopathy (DR)

This course has been designed to develop students’ knowledge further in the intricacies of diabetic retinopathy grading, to include ROG and arbitration. It consists of two days face-to-face training. We include lectures exploring patients with more complex needs and non-routine pathology. The course provides the grader with the opportunity to make clinical decisions and discuss outcomes. The teaching is provided by Gloucestershire Research & Education Group and participants will receive an in-house certificate from the Gloucestershire Research & Education Group, on successful completion.

New AOP members elected to join Hospital Optometrists Committee

The appointment of Lucy Andrews and Claire Melvin confirmed at the AOP’s Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference.

Ophthalmology Secrets, Fifth Edition

Janice Gault presents the fifth edition of the critically acclaimed Ophthalmology Secrets. If you are someone like me, who is sceptical and needs persuaded to add another textbook to their collection, let me be the first to convince you the...

Bleb-related changes in upper lid position

This is a review of five patients with upper lid ptosis or lid retraction secondary to large filtering blebs post-trabeculectomy. The authors review each case and apply a model to analyse the separate forces acting on the upper lid to...

Surgitrac confirms 2026 events so far

Surgitrac Instruments is delighted to announce the first confirmed meetings for our 2026 events calendar, where our team will once again be out on the road meeting ophthalmic professionals across the UK. Our Clinical Specialists will be representing Surgitrac at...