Healthcare

Meeting the needs of older patients in optics

Fiona Anderson discusses the important role of community-based eyecare…

Rare eyes diseases: progress continues with authorised orphan medicines and breakthrough technologies

How to consent patients

By Gwyn Samuel Williams

I attended a morning seminar at the recent College Congress in Liverpool about how to properly and legally consent a patient for a procedure. There has been a lot of interest in this of late following the Montgomery ruling, in which a…

Treating minor eye conditions in optometry practices: is this a viable model for the future?

The role of the optometrist has expanded in recent years as community eye care services have changed. With the limited scope of general ophthalmic services (GOS)…

What you learn after performing 10,000 cataracts

By Raymond Radford

What do you do when the anterior chamber shallows, or the zonules give way? How do you handle the stubborn epinuclear plate? Raymond Radford shares the benefit of his experience when dealing with…

Glaucoma care provision using a multidisciplinary approach: a personal view

This article is going to explain the secret to running an efficient multidisciplinary glaucoma service which will comfortably meet the demands of an ever-growing elderly population, within the…

Leadership and management in optometry: why is it important?

By Helen Court

The General Medical Council recognises that leadership and management is essential for every doctor, and provides guidance detailing management and leadership responsibilities [1]…

The International Congress of Ophthalmology (ICO): a history

Readers of Eye News will notice in the Events section that the World Congress of Ophthalmology (WOC) is scheduled to take place in Barcelona in June 2018. This is in fact the renamed International Congress of Ophthalmology…

The International Congress of Ophthalmology (ICO): a history

What you ought to know about the International Congress of Ophthalmology

Readers of Eye News will notice in the Events section that the World Congress of Ophthalmology (WOC) is scheduled to take place…