Women and trachoma
Esther Anyango from Uganda is helping lead the fight against trachoma, the world’s leading form of infectious blindness
Clinical
CET feedback
CET feedback: Low vision interactive
Bill Harvey discusses your responses to our recent interactive CET exercise ...
Will I lose my job?
Will I lose my job if I have lost my vision?
Daniel Williams offers advice to the visually impaired who may worry about ...
Case study
Case study: Capsular bag distension syndrome
Optometrist Dr Keyur Patel describes an interesting case of anterior capsular ...
Case study: Continuing care
Case study: Continuing care
Community optometrist Lynn Jackson describes a case she has followed over much ...
Impact of digital devices
Digital devices and their ocular impact
Elke Dobisch, Dr Natalia Vlasak and Andrew Sanders reveal the results of a ...
In focus: Pre-reg trainees
In focus: Pre-reg trainees favouring multiple destinations
Latest figures show multiple chains are gaining market share of optometry ...
CET feedback: Litigation
CET feedback: Litigation and the practitioner
Bill Harvey and Dr Nizar Hirji discuss the second in our series of interactive ...
View from Greece
View from Greece: Spotlight on eye care
Bill Harvey talks to Christos Papageorgiou about the development of eye care in ...
Case study: Serpiginous choroiditis
Serpiginous choroiditis
The latest case from Kirit Patel involves a rare but important ocular inflammatory disease
Rise of the machines
Rise of the machines
Ahmed Ejaz field tests the Visionix Eye Refract and its claims to save time in refraction
In focus: Council shakes up registration and fitness to practice
In focus: Fitness to practice
GOC Council members were given updates last week on improvement measures to address the fast-changing optical retail landscape and tardy FTP case times. Simon Jones reports
CET feedback: Audiology interactive
CET feedback: Audiology
Bill Harvey discusses your responses to our recent interactive CET exercise concerning hearing impairment and its impact upon eye care practice (C58764)
Getting into the spirit
Getting into the spirit
Bill Harvey has a chance to look at the latest OCT platform from Heidelberg Engineering UK aimed directly at the High Street practice
In focus: GOC consults on education strategic review
Education strategic review
February 7 saw around 70 interested parties from optical education, professional bodies, patient representative groups, employers and practitioners assemble in London to hear from the GOC the concepts and principles it is adopting for its strategic review of education. Peter Black reports
Book review: Clearly, by James Chen
Book review
On one level Clearly is a book about the desire and efforts of one man to rid the world of unnecessary visual impairment on another it is a damning indictment of the optical business
Instrument review: Ocular Surface Analyser
Ocular Surface Analyser review
Bill Harvey tries out the new Ocular Surface Analyser which promises a complete assessment and analysis of ocular surface health in just a matter of minutes
Thea Eye Health Conference: Education both front and back
Conference report
Bill Harvey reports on the recent Thea Eye Health Conference where the breadth of education offered something for all interests
TrueTear review: Managing dry eye disease
TrueTear review
Bill Harvey describes a new device which shows promise in the treatment of dry eye disease by increasing tear production using electrical stimulation
Effective new slit lamp techniques for tear hyperosmolarity in dry eye
New slit lamp techniques
Steve Meynell and Clare Privato suggest how careful analysis of fluorescein can offer a useful insight into tear osmolarity
