Safety Alert – Allergan’s Xen 45 glaucoma surgical drainage device
Allergan has contacted the RCOphth to provide a follow up regarding the hold on XEN 45. Allergan has reached out to regulatory agencies, and is working to initiate a voluntary recall of affected lots of XEN 45. During an inspection process a small number of units in an unreleased XEN 45 lot were observed to have trace
Vision UK announce winners of their new awards
The RCOphth is delighted to share the news that Jugnoo Rahi, RCOphth Academic Chair and Lola Solebo won awards alongside a high quality line up of nominations at the Vision UK Forward View Eye Health and Sight Loss Conference held in collaboration with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in October 2019. Jugnoo was the winner
National Recruitment Changes
ST3 recruitment was paused for 2019 to carry out a full consultation of the College membership. The results of this consultation are that: Entry into training will be possible above the ST1 level. Recruitment (all levels) will be done at the same time in the same location. ST4 will be the highest appointable level to
Help identify the Grand Challenges in Global Eye Health
Matthew Burton and Jacqueline Ramke would like to invite RCOphth members to take part in a study which aims to identify the “grand challenges” in global eye health. The study is part of the ongoing Lancet Commission on Global Eye Health and they hope that their results will help to guide future research prioritisation. Please
RCOphth awards Honorary Fellowships to Usha Chakravarthy and Carrie MacEwen
At the RCOphth’s annual Admission Ceremony on Friday 6 September 2019 the College awarded two Honorary Fellowships to Professor Usha Chakravarthy and Professor Carrie MacEwen. The award of Honorary Fellow is the highest accolade the College can bestow. It recognises significant and life-long contributions by individuals to advancement in the field of ophthalmology. The Admission