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Andy Hill (NuVision Biotherapies) discusses recent AOP update to clinical guidelines

8 December 2023 | NuVision, Andy Hill, amniotic membranes, guidelines, AOP, optometrist, outpatient, dry eye, lens
There are currently 600,000 people on the NHS waiting list for ophthalmology treatment, and over 5 million people in the UK currently live with dry eye disease. Here Andy Hill, CEO at NuVision Biotherapies Ltd, discusses a recent update to clinical guidelines and what this means for optometrists, patients, and taxpayers.

Don’t miss Optometry Tomorrow 2024

22 February 2024 | BCLA, optometry, optometrist, Optometry Today, contact lens, conferences, events
There is still time to register for the College of Optometrists’ flagship event, Optometry Tomorrow.

Glaucoma UK announces £100,000 Health and Social Care Professionals Award for 2024

12 March 2024 | AHP, allied health professions, glaucoma, research, awards, nurses, optometry
Glaucoma UK is pleased to announce that applications for its Health and Social Care Professionals Research Award are now open.

New BCLA President stresses importance of embracing change

21 June 2023 | BCLA, optometry, Specsavers, Rakesh Kapoor
‘If you don't keep up you risk going out of business’ – new BCLA President stresses importance of embracing change.

Is optician led service an answer to ever increasing demand on eye emergency clinics?

1 April 2015 | | Emergency Ophthalmology
The demand for eye casualty appointments has been steadily increasing in the UK, leading to pressures on the hospital emergency services. The incidence of presentations to eye casualty services has been estimated at 20-30 per 1000 per year [1]. Evidence...

CHEC Announces Collaboration with Award-winning Eyecare Company

4 October 2022
Leading ophthalmologist Nikolina Budimlija to host CPD event in early October. Collaboration with family run Scope Eyecare reflects CHEC’s continued expansion of services and expertise.

Optegra: Free CPD Webinar on Myopia

23 March 2022
@ 18:45 PM - 20:00 PM GMT

Emergency eye care in the UK: the way forward?

1 April 2018 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
In this paper the authors highlight issues pertaining to the growing number of patients presenting to the emergency eye services in the UK. Data collection involved literature review, telephone surveys and email correspondence (n=142). Ninety-one lead clinicians responded and a...

Inaugural IP education session hailed a hit

14 February 2024 | prescribers, optometry, Conference, events, Keyur Patel
A pioneering session has brought together a group of independent prescribers to create content ‘for practitioners by practitioners’ for use in real world scenarios.

Moorfields Education: Ocular Emergencies Level 1

5 February 2024
This three-month course is open to optometrists, orthoptists, nurses and other allied ophthalmic health professionals. You’ll learn about the knowledge and skills required for the examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients who present in an ophthalmic emergency setting....

A Shared Vision: national clinical director outlines plan for eye care transformation

23 May 2023
This session will explore how nationally coordinated eye care can deliver improvements to patient outcomes, what should be the priorities and where responsibility for policy delivery sits across the NHS architecture. Attendees will have the opportunity to both learn more about NHS England’s ongoing work to support improvements to eye care and input into that process.

DVSA misses opportunity to improve sight standards for motorists, warns AOP

27 November 2023 | optometry, business plan, infrastructure, sight test, driving
The Association of Optometrists welcomes the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s latest plans to review how sight tests are administered but urges the implementation of fail-safe visual assessment methods.