Health services

Moorfields Eye Hospital has revealed it is undertaking a week-long cataract drive as part of efforts to tackle surgical waiting lists

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists says mandatory pre-operative COVID-19 testing could slow progress on tackling surgery waitlist

The Independent Prescribing Optometry Service has shown promising results after its introduction one day after lockdown

The private eye care provider is helping to ease the burden on the NHS after elective surgery was suspended in the wake of COVID-19

Jake Ternant, 23, became the first patient to receive the £600,000 Luxturna treatment through the NHS at Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mark Waine was perplexed at the lack of feedback when he moved from Australia to practise as an optometrist in the UK. He speaks to OT 

The €1m (£897,065) Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award has gone to groups combating blindness in Brazil

A 66-year-old patient who visited his optometrist with a piece of metal embedded in his eye received a telemedicine consultation as part of a new pilot

A Cumberland Infirmary patient was treated with steroid drops for three months which may have exacerbated an undetected infection

An eye drop has been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland for patients with severe vernal keratoconjunctivitis