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Potential bevacizumab-related sterile endophthalmitis cases – update, 23 April 23/04/2012 Moorfields has now completed its investigation into a cluster of cases of sterile endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection of bevacizumab...

Managing a Diabetic Eye Service Seminar - Eye News Article 18/04/2012 Click here to view the article that was first published in the April/May 2012 issue of Eye News and is reproduced here by kind permission of PinPoint Scotland

Eye CPD article for April 2012 17/04/2012 April's Eye CPD article is Implantation and explantation of an active epiretinal visual prosthesis: 2-year follow-up data from the EPIRET3 prospective clinical trial
Eye (2012) 26, 501–509; doi:10.1038/eye.2012.35; published online 16 March 2012

Academy Guidance on returning to practice 17/04/2012 The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has published guidance about doctors returning to practice. Measures to support doctors returning to practice after an absence, planned or otherwise, are essential as time away from practice can affect doctors’ skills, confidence and knowledge base.

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges survey on Less Than Full Time working 13/04/2012 “The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Flexible Careers Committee, which comprises representatives from Academy member organisations, seeks to promote a good work life balance for all doctors and specifically to support flexible training and less than full time training.

Advice on generic latanoprost prescribing 12/04/2012 The patent for Xalatan® expired on 17 January 2012.

Statement re National Professional Exams - April 2012 11/04/2012 Correspondence from Professor Caroline MacEwen, Chairman of the Examinations Committee.

College Statement on Standards for Laser Refractive Surgery 02/04/2012 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) calls for its standards relating to laser refractive surgery to be followed.

Annual Report 2011 02/04/2012 The Annual Report 2011 has been published and available to view online or download.