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College Committee Meetings 2012 31/01/2012 A list of College Committee Meetings 2012 has been added to the Events & Meetings area of the website.  Please click here or below to view it. www.rcophth.ac.uk/page.asp

Senior NHS officials & GMC support doctors' professional leave 31/01/2012 Senior NHS officials and the GMC ask NHS employers to to look favourably on requests from doctors for absence to undertake national work of benefit to healthcare systems across the UK.

GMC Education Associate Recruitment Campaign 25/01/2012 I am writing to let you know that our Education Associate recruitment campaign is now live. These opportunities are to support our programme of visits to medical schools, deaneries and local education providers.   We are seeking to appoint those with a background and expertise both in or...

Public Health Outcomes Framework - College Statement 24/01/2012 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is pleased to announce that “Preventable sight loss” has been included as a public health indicator in the Public health outcomes framework for England, 2013-2016, published by the department of health on the 23rd of January 2012. It is included as...

IGA/UKEGS Award 2011 17/01/2012 The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) is delighted to announce that its 2011 Research Award, run in collaboration with the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS), has been awarded to Alex Spratt, to carry out a project entitled The Ghana Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study. The study is a...

Retinal Detachment Data Set 05/01/2012 The Retinal Detachment Data Set represents an agreed set of clinical information which can be collected on patients with retinal detachment.