SCOPE Independent Prescriber Bursary 2024 Awards
SCOPE celebrates excellence in optometry with the 2024 Independent Prescriber Bursary Awards.
‘The biggest jump in confidence’: SpaMedica officially launches STEPS development programme for NHS trainee ophthalmologists
STEPS aims to provide registrars with experience of treating all types of cataracts.
Sight Scotland report calls for improved accessibility in Scottish venues
Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans have today launched a new accessible venues report, "Enhancing Accessibility: Venues and Visual Impairment," ahead of Scotland's summer festivals and Fringe in the capital. The report reveals significant gaps in accessibility and calls for comprehensive changes to ensure equal access for all.
£1 million gift from patient-focused charity for new centre for advancing eye health
Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital, the charity providing volunteer support and patient experience services at Moorfields Eye Hospital, has pledged £1 million to Moorfields Eye Charity towards a new centre for advancing eye health, opening in 2027.
Employers asked to get in touch with ABDO College to support launch of new apprenticeship programme for dispensing opticians
ABDO College is calling on employers with experience of offering apprenticeships to get in touch. We aim to launch our apprenticeship programme for dispensing opticians in September 2024, subject to General Optical Council (GOC) approval.
2025 SightCare Awards launched
The 2025 SightCare Independent Optician Awards celebrating the independent spirit opened for applications in July. The SightCare Awards recognise the best independent opticians from the length and breadth of the UK.
Stepper comes to the support of VCHP once again
STEPPER EYEWEAR has generously pledged to support VCHP again – marking the fifth year of engagement with the charity. This year’s £11,000 donation will be used towards the running costs of the Birmingham clinic, which runs every Monday at SIFA Fireside.
The Eyes on Tomorrow Podcast
So why would an ophthalmologist and an optometrist want to do a podcast together?
Moorfields Eye Charity’s six-year growth and impact
Moorfields Eye Charity launches its impact report showing that it has grown to become the leading charity in the UK funding research into eye health and innovation and improvement in patient care.