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New Ophthalmic Nurse Triage Course launched

21 September 2021
A new online Ophthalmic Nurse Triage Course has been developed by Stanley Keys, an experienced hospital optometrist based in Inverness and developer of Optometry Evolution (an educational website for eye-care professionals.)
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It’s All in Your Head: Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness

7 December 2020 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Have you ever reviewed a patient with unexplained symptoms? It’s All in Your Head by Consultant Neurologist Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan is a non-fiction book about patients with psychosomatic disorders. In each of the nine book chapters, she presents an anonymised...

Care journeys of patients with central retinal artery occlusion

1 June 2022 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective case note review of all adult patients referred for or diagnosed with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) to a single tertiary hospital over a 10½ year period. A total of 181 patients were included in...

Zak Tomlinson joins Heidelberg Engineering Academy team

5 August 2021 | Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel
Heidelberg Engineering has recruited a new imaging expert, Zak Tomlinson, to join the Academy department.

Welcome Nick Smith to Sight Sciences International Team

11 May 2022 | Recruitment & Personnel
Sight Sciences is happy to welcome Nick Smith to its International Team. Nick joins as Senior Product Manager and will head up international marketing for the company’s Surgical Glaucoma division.

Treatment of amblyopia by Ghanaian optometrists

3 February 2023 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Amblyopia, Ghana, optometrist, refractive error, strabismus
In Ghana, optometrists are the primary eyecare professional as a first contact for many patients with amblyopia. This study evaluated practice patterns in the management of amblyopia by optometrists in Ghana. The authors conducted a cross-sectional online survey aimed at...

WATCH EPISODE 4: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission

4 May 2023 | AMM, beyond2020, international, eyecare
Andean Medical Mission discuss the must-have clinic equipment for use in cataract screening and surgical outreach programmes in countries with developing eyecare services.

WATCH EPISODE 5: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission

30 May 2023 | beyond2020, AMM, Audits, Taking notes, Review, NGO
In this addition, Dave Goldsmith talks about the basic data NGOs need to collect on each eye surgery trip in order to maximise the experience and develop their practice.

WATCH EPISODE 6: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission

13 June 2023 | AMM, charity, international, working abroad, agreements, episode 6, beyond2020, NGO
Welcome to the sixth episode of Beyond 2020, the series that looks at strategies to eliminate avoidable blindness in countries with developing eyecare services and shares ideas and solutions to common difficulties in working abroad.

DVLA publishes revised list of notifiable conditions list for drivers following AOP advice

26 June 2023 | DVLA, AOP
The AOP have been actively working with the DVLA since serious concerns were raised over its extended list of notifiable conditions at the end of last year.

Oriel celebrates breaking ground milestone

17 July 2023 | Oriel, London
A special breaking ground celebration was held on 11 July to mark the start of construction to build Oriel, a new eyecare, research and education centre in Camden.

Amendments to NHS performers list regulations

1 August 2023 | NHS, NHS England
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently conducted a very short consultation without notice regarding changes to the NHS (England, Performers Lists) Regulation 2013.