The Macular Society comment on the increasing demand on hospital eye services and the risk for patients. Delays in eye clinics cause sight loss. Wet AMD drugs target the abnormal blood vessels that grow in the retina. The drugs have to be given promptly because they work best on new, immature blood vessels. Once the blood

• 17 March 2016

• Tags | Capacity and Demand

Our President, Professor Carrie MacEwen appeared on BBC Breakfast TV on 16 March 2016 to discuss capacity and demand issues with eye services in the NHS. She has authored the below article for the BBC’s Scrubbing Up. Eyesight is the one sense people fear losing the most.  Many eye diseases which cause sight loss are

• 16 March 2016

• Tags | Capacity and Demand | Capacity and Demand | NHS

ACCEA have now announced that the 2016 round opened on 11 March 2016 and will close at 1700 hours on Monday 16 May 2016. Application forms, FAQs etc. are on the ACCEA website and also on the College website (for members). Applicants who wish to apply for College support MUST submit their application to: Jo.longden@rcophth.ac.uk to be

• 14 March 2016

Comments on ‘Long-term outcomes of phakic patients with diabetic macular oedema treated with intravitreal fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) implants’ Eye advance online publication, March 11 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.27 Authors: B Takkar & S Azad

• 11 March 2016

Reply to ‘Comments on Long-term outcomes of phakic patients with diabetic macular oedema treated with intravitreal fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) implants’ Eye advance online publication, March 11 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.33 Authors: Y Yang, C Bailey, F G Holz, N Eter, M Weber, C Baker, S Kiss, U Menchini, J M Ruiz Moreno, P Dugel & A Lotery

• 11 March 2016