RCOphth is publishing continually updated guidance and advice for ophthalmology services during the COVID-19 pandemic. On this page are clinical guidance and national advice.

This guidance document has been updated to reflect more recent peer-reviewed publications and the scope has been widened to cover all ophthalmic surgery, intravitreal injections, and devices implanted in the eye as part of ophthalmology treatment Acute endophthalmitis is a severe intraocular inflammation presumed to be due to the entry of microbes into the eye […]

This document describes a proposed data set for corneal cross-linking (CXL).  The data set has been composed by a working group of the UK CXL Consortium, comprising a representative selection of experts in the management of keratoconus and related corneal ectasias working in a variety of healthcare and academic environments across the UK. The purpose […]

The NHS Long Term Plan set out NHS England and NHS Improvement’s ambition to transform outpatient appointments.

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is responding to the NICE rapid guideline on COVID-19 testing and the potential adverse effect on the return to routine cataract surgery.