Professor Anthony King, chair of Glaucoma UK

Glaucoma UK: Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025

Glaucoma UK: Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025\n\n Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025: 30 June – 6 July\n\n Professor Anthony King, chair of Glaucoma UK Glaucoma UK is the UK’s only charity solely…
Bhavik Parmar, Specsavers

Glaucoma Awareness Week: tips for optometrists to enhance glaucoma care

Glaucoma Awareness Week: tips for optometrists to enhance glaucoma care\n\n June 2025\n\n Community optometry plays a vital role in supporting glaucoma patients, says glaucoma specialist Bhavik Parmar, a lead clinical…
Bhavik Parmar, Specsavers

Community optometry glaucoma services highlighted to MPs

Community optometry glaucoma services highlighted to MPs\n\n Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025: 30 June – 6 July\n\n Bhavik Parmar, Specsavers Community optometrists’ capability to deliver more glaucoma care – and ease…
Rachel Parkinson

Glaucoma Awareness Week: The patient perspective

…sight.’ Glaucoma Awareness Week Joanne Creighton, Chief Executive of Glaucoma UK, underscores the importance of the annual campaign. ‘Around 50% of glaucoma cases are undiagnosed. Glaucoma Awareness Week marks our…
Nishani Amerasinghe

Tackling Glaucoma: Insights from Nishani Amerasinghe at 100% Optical

…continues to collaborate with Glaucoma UK to change the outlook for people with glaucoma. Attendees are encouraged to visit the Glaucoma UK website and sign up for their mailing list…
Paul Morris, Specsavers director of professional advancement

Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025: Preventing avoidable sight loss

…risks.’ Support Glaucoma UK’s initiatives ‘Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025 is organised by Glaucoma UK to highlight the need for greater awareness and highlight support available for those living with glaucoma….
Greater Manchester optometrist Matthew Thornton.

Community optometry delivering glaucoma care

Community optometry delivering glaucoma care\n\n Glaucoma Awareness Week 2025: 30 June – 6 July\n\n Greater Manchester optometrist Matthew Thornton. The Glaucoma Enhanced Referral Service (GERS) in Greater Manchester, run by…
Senior woman putting eye drop

IP CMG Article – Part 4 Management of glaucoma

Part 4 of our ‘IP CMG Article’ series will discuss diagnosis and management of Primary Angle Closure/Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PAC/PACG) and some common secondary open angle glaucomas….
Senior woman putting eye drop

IP CMG Article – Part 5 PACG and secondary glaucomas

…glaucoma (NTG), ocular hypertension (OHT) and steroid related OHT. Part 5 will now discuss diagnosis and management of Primary Angle Closure/Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PAC/PACG) and some relatively common secondary…
Marking World Optometry Week

Reflections on World Optometry Week

…the secondary care system. I’ve seen some fantastic examples of optometrists – with the higher glaucoma certificate and independent prescribing qualification – being trained to deliver great glaucoma services within…