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Eyecare professionals welcome CooperVision’s ‘Fresh Start’ initiative at 100% Optical 2024
Leading manufacturer leads peer-to-peer conversation and shares ideas on ways to help improve the contact lens patient fitting journey.Cornea teaching techniques: one cornea donor tissue for two purposes
2 February 2024
| Bryher Francis, Shokufeh Tavassoli
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EYE - Cornea
There is a national shortage in the UK in corneal graft material [1,2]. The majority (69%) of corneal transplants in the UK are partial thickness, with 35% being Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) [2]. During the preparation of the donor...
Sight loss experts warn Edinburgh eye health being neglected
13 November 2023
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sight loss, scotland, sight scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans, hazel kelly, Craig Spalding, hospital
Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans launch petition calling for new eye hospital in the capital.
COMMENT ON: Watch your back: Ergonomics and Ophthalmology
21 September 2022
| Jim Innes
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EYE - General
Jim Innes. Dear Editors, I write to congratulate Aadil Hussain on his excellent Trainees article “Watch your back: Ergonomics and Ophthalmology”. Please can I reassure him that, at least in the Yorkshire School of Ophthalmology, the importance of good posture...
Return to Lviv
23 October 2023
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lviv, ukraine, peter cackett, Wesley McLoughlin, Doireann Hughes, aid, charity, international
The ‘Return to Lviv’ trip saw Wesley McLoughlin and Doireann Hughes journey for 10 days over more than 4000 miles, via land, air and sea to deliver ophthalmic aid to Ukraine.
Money never sleeps
“I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich” As declared by Jordan Belfort in a motivational speech to his staff in the film Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Unfortunately, medicine as a career does not lead to...A European ophthalmology perspective
1 October 2014
| Jan Huelle
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Europe: from the Greek eurus: broad, wide, and ops: eye, face, sight. Thus Europe = the far-sighted (lady). For my first contribution to this column – as the successor of Jonathan Park, whose witty observations and entertaining style many of...
Blinded by an Ofsted inspection
7 December 2023
| Rosalind Harrison
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EYE - General
Introduction The Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology (AHPO) is a charity, whose objectives are to promote the practice, education, training and research in ophthalmology and vision science in the UK. The extraordinary developments in diagnostic equipment and technologies have...
Paediatric ophthalmology training in Africa through the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK
1 December 2018
| Ben Parkin, Narman Puvanachandra, Henrietta Holmes-Smith, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi Njeri, Joseph Monday, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
One of the aims of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) is to provide specialist ophthalmic training for practising ophthalmologists from its 11 member countries. A number of initiatives are enabling more ophthalmologists to undertake...
HS-UK Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course
13 March 2025
The Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course offers a full day of training and includes over two hours of hands-on workshops with product experts. Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, the course is delivered by guest speaker, Dr Sunil Mamtora. Beginning with...
HS-UK Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course June
17 June 2025
The Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course offers a full day of training and includes over two hours of hands-on workshops with product experts. Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, the course is delivered by guest speaker, Dr Sunil Mamtora. Beginning with...
HS-UK Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course Oct
2 October 2025
The Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course offers a full day of training and includes over two hours of hands-on workshops with product experts. Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, the course is delivered by guest speaker, Dr Sunil Mamtora. Beginning with...
