RCOphth Congress 2023 – on demand now open
The recordings of the 2023 Annual Congress are now available to book here: https://rcophthcongress.com/rcophth/37/register. The on demand talks will be available until 25 September 2023.
News & Views
Read the latest RCOphth news updates and guidance here.
GMC report highlights growing challenges faced by the medical workforce
GMC’s annual report into workplace experiences has identified worrying trends around higher workloads, stress related absence and risk of burnout. What are the key findings, what solutions are proposed and how does this tally with what is happening in ophthalmology?
Julie Silvestri, Clinical Director Ophthalmology Belfast, receives CBE honour
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is delighted to share the news that Professor Giuliana Silvestri, has been honoured with a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the first of the King's Birthday Honours list 2023.
BOSU launches research bursary of £6000 to support an ophthalmologist in training
To support the launch of our new digital reporting system and the expansion of the surveillance system to include trainees for the first time the BOSU is offering a research bursary of £6000 to support an ophthalmologist in training to undertake an epidemiological study of a rare eye condition through the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit.
RCOphth welcomes expansion of sight testing in special schools following concerns raised
Following representations by RCOphth and other organisations, the government has taken the welcome step of confirming that sight testing will be expanded to all special schools from 2024/25.
Clinical Audit Awareness Week
This week (19 – 23 June) is Clinical Audit Awareness Week, a national annual campaign that promotes and celebrates the impact of clinical audits in healthcare. RCOphth runs the world renowned National Ophthalmology Database Audit and is recognised by clinicians, NICE, GIRFT and industry as an important safety and research tool that is used to audit the treatment of cataracts and recently has added the potentially blinding disease of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to its work.
RCOphth and Ulverscroft Foundation announce winner of the 2023 Ulverscroft David Owen Prize
RCOphth would like to congratulate Dr Ian MacCormick, clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and his senior author Simon Harding from the University of Liverpool, for winning the Ulverscroft David Owen prize for the best-published paper titled: “How does blood-retinal barrier breakdown relate to death and disability in pediatric cerebral malaria?”
Eye Journal Global Eye Health Special Issue – Call for papers
The journal Eye will host a global theme in its 2023 issue, "Global Eye Health". We invite all investigators to submit their best population-based research addressing the causes of vision impairment and blindness. Subjects may range from prevention, diagnosis, genetic epidemiology and screening for eye disease to intervention strategies covering treatment an economic analyses.
Clinical Alert
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV has issued a clinical alert addressing syphilis. The President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV has contacted the RCOphth and asked us to share this information with our members
Jugnoo Rahi, RCOphth Chair Academic Sub-committee, elected as Fellow to The Academy of Medical Sciences
Jugnoo Rahi, RCOphth Chair Academic Sub-committee, joins 12 other Fellows working within ophthalmology and vision sciences who have been elected since the Academy was founded 25 years ago. As well as being the first female ophthalmologist to be elected a Fellow, she is the first to be both a paediatric ophthalmologist and epidemiologist.