As part of Glaucoma Awareness Week (28 June – 4 July) Newmedica is holding its first national CET event on ‘Challenging glaucoma cases’. The discussion workshop – hosted by Raj Hanspal and Nuwan Niyadurupola, both | more
Newmedica has shared its results for more than 25,000 cataract operations with the National Ophthalmology Database (NOD) for the first time. The data will be made publicly available on the online NOD, which is compiled | more
Alongside working as an optometrist at Specsavers practices in Chesterfield and Matlock, Alex Howard is a clinical governance and performance lead for Primary Eyecare Services. Alex who designed and coordinated the roll out of CUES | more
Mandatory learning module on Staying Safe at Specsavers Health and Safety - deadline 28 May - for self-employed practitioners to complete | more
Nationwide use of OCT has been achieved four years after announcing a £35 million pound investment. 900 Specsavers stores have installed OCT scanners, and more thousands of than 4000 clinicians have completed an extensive training and a mentoring programme. | more
A new partnership in ophthalmology education will improve eye health services as Newmedica has taken on its first trainee nurse as part of a partnership with the University of Gloucestershire to train tomorrow’s top ophthalmology | more
Optometrist at Specsavers in Daventry, Bhargavi Zinzuwadia, on the importance of the occluder to her every day practice | more
Tim Manners, consultant ophthalmologist and Newmedica clinical director, talks through what an ophthalmology eye clinic is like for patients in this post-COVID world. | more
A case based picture quiz and discussion by Magdalena Jamroz. This explores cases of eye problems which may present at contact lens appointments for investigation and management or referral. | more
A picture quiz by Magdalena Jamroz to explore cases of decisions about eye problems and visual fields tests which may be faced by a dispensing optician working as part of a multi-discipinary eyecare service. | more
A case based picture quiz and discussion to explore cases of eye problems which may present at contact lens appointments for investigation and management or referral with an additional case relating to RGP verification. | more
