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NICE ruling welcomed
The Macular Disease Society (MDS) has welcomed the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to make Lucentis (ranibizumab) available to patients with wet AMD in England.05 September 2008

Boyfriend charged with DO's murder
A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his girlfriend, dispensing optician Hollie Green, who was found dead in her home in Lordswood, Southampton early on Sunday morning. 05 September 2008

Asda takes Tesco to task over online sales
Tesco has come under fire from rival Asda over the recent launch of its online eyewear collection with Asda saying there is 'no actual benefit to ordering online' for customers and it has no plans to offer a similar service in the foreseeable future.05 September 2008

Dry but why?
Dry eye is a complex and often intractable condition that concerns all eye care practitioners. Optician looks at the latest research 05 September 2008

London hospitals pool resources
Moorfields Eye Hospital is one of five world-renowned medical research centres pooling resources and expertise in London to create a new academic science health partnership. 05 September 2008

More students miss retention deadline
The General Optical Council has removed a total of 399 student opticians and dispensing opticians from its registers for failing to renew their registration for 2008/9 by the deadline.05 September 2008

DOs to be recognised by new model LOCs
A new model Local Optical Committee (LOC) constitution has been approved by the Department of Health and the national representative/negotiating bodies detailing the functions of LOCs as prescribed by law.05 September 2008

Alliance visits political party conferences
The Eye Health Alliance is gearing up for this year's political party conference season, which kicks off with the Liberal Democrat party conference in Bournemouth from September 13 to 17. 05 September 2008

GOC urged to consider patient's perspective
The GOC needs to give patients access to precise details of conditions imposed on registrants and do more work on gaining patients' perspectives, the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) has recommended. 05 September 2008

CLEER collects CL incident data
More than 70 eye care professionals from 10 different countries have registered as reporters for the CLEER project (Contact Lens European Evidence Reporting) - a web-based initiative managed by the European Contact Lens Forum (ECLF).05 September 2008