The truth about NHS England
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Mido 2020 postponed over coronavirus emergency
Giovanni Vitaloni, president of Mido, said that the show couldn’t celebrate 50 years when Italy and the world was “experiencing such an international crisis.”
Lidl withdraws illegal sale of multifocal spectacles
Lidl has stopped stocking multifocal reading glasses in UK stores after the supermarket chain was contacted by the General Optical Council
Mice display improvements in vision following gene therapy
Japanese researchers have highlighted that 10% of photoreceptors were rescued using the pioneering approach
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Missing a single appointment linked to drop in VA among AMD patients
A new study has highlighted that each missed visit is associated with an average visual acuity letter score decline of 0.7
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“The ability to provide gene therapy is a major landmark in NHS care”
Jake Ternant, 23, became the first patient to receive the £600,000 Luxturna treatment through the NHS at Moorfields Eye Hospital
PHE issues coronavirus caution
Optometrists and other primary care workers have been told not to take appointment bookings from patients who may be at risk of coronavirus
Moorfields Eye Hospital surgeon named UK Australian of the year
Professor Lyndon da Cruz follows in the footsteps of Kylie Minogue, Professor Germaine Greer and Clive James
“Humour has been my defence and my saving grace”
Comedian Georgie Morrell on why time spent gossiping in hospital waiting rooms prepared her for a career making people laugh on stage
C-73876 Flashing lights and floaters
This video will demonstrate how to examine the patient who presents with flashing lights and floaters, helping you differentiate between those who may be reassured and those who need to be referred to ophthalmology. Kam Balaggan will use videos and images to show the difference between normal vitreous syneresis, uncomplicated posterior vitreous detachments and those resulting in retinal tears
CET points: 1
Published: 22 January 2020 | Closes: 22 March 2020
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C-73790 Pulsation or no pulsation? That is the question
This article considers the role of retinal venous pressure as a risk factor for glaucoma and other ocular pathologies
CET points: 1
Published: 01 February 2020 | Closes: 27 March 2020
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C-73667 What’s not normal: a guide to ocular surface tumours
This article describes the common signs of ocular surface tumours that practitioners should look out for, particularly those that could be easily missed during routine examination
CET points: 1
Published: 01 February 2020 | Closes: 27 March 2020
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