The Pass List for the October 2010 RCOphth Certificate in Laser Refractive Surgery is now available.

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There are limited places remaining on the RCOphth Curriculum Based Cornea Course to be held at the College 1 October 2010 and the Glaucoma Course to be held on 11 October 2010.

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The RCOphth has announced a joint clinical training fellowship with the Medical Research Council (MRC). Applicants must be: A Member of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists; In an ophthalmology training post in the UK; Prepared to work towards a doctorial degree. The application deadline is 17 September 2010.

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Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in the United States, an Analysis of 2005-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) The American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) considers this study reliable evidence that diabetic retinopathy and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy are increasing in adults over age 40 in the United States and that more Americans, especially non-Hispanic black Americans, will be vulnerable to potentially-blinding diabetic retinopathy in coming years.

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The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) has published the 29th annual edition of Optics at a Glance - the key source of information about optometry, opticians, the optical market and services available to patients, for the year ending 31 March 2009.

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The College of Optometrists warn that sun bed users who forgo vital protective eye wear during tanning sessions, leave their eyes at risk from harmful UV damage.

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NICE has announced that Glaucoma will be one of the nine new quality standards that it will develop during 2010/11. These were referred to NICE from the Department of Health following advice from the National Quality Board (NQB).

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Ministers have agreed that Ranibizumab for the treatment of visual impairment secondary to diabetic macular oedema is one of the topics that should be finally referred to the NICE work programme

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This Practice article is one of a series of occasional articles on common problems in primary care. The current article covers the diagnosis and management of chalazion ? a benign cyst on the eyelid that is usually self limiting, but in some circumstances may require treatment. Log in using NHS Athens password to access the full text.

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The GOC has responded to AOP and ABDO comments made in the Optician and Optometry Today journals regarding retention fees.

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is warning people that a manufacturer, Abbott Medical Optics (AMO), is recalling two lots of AMO Complete multi-purpose contact lens solution because of the potential to cause eye infections. AMO Complete multi-purpose contact lens solution may have poor fitting caps on the bottles and so the solution may not be sterile. Two specific lots are being recalled. The details are available on the website.

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Changes have been made to the Guidelines for professional conduct on the Routine Eye Examination (B02).

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Letter to the Editor of The Observer from Chairman of Paediatrc Sub-committee regarding the article 'Children's sight at risk as parents and schools shun eye tests' which appeared on p5 of the Main section of the Observer on Sunday 22 August 2010

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An Information Governance audit is the latest addition to the QiO range of tools. Practical help and advice are provided together with links to supporting documents and websites to enable practitioners to establish a clinical governance routine to suit their requirements. The toolkit is based on the NHS Standards for Better Health and has been developed by and for optometry with the intention that practices use the toolkit to assess themselves.

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The American Academy of Ophthalmology has updated a number of Summary Benchmarks and Preferred Practice Patterns.

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Emily Brothers, President of the National Federation of the Blind, challenged the Coalition Government?s Spending Review proposals...

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This Medical Device Alert has been issued as the product may cause eye infections and/or burning and stinging on initial insertion of the lens.

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Return of specified lots/batches of the device to the manufacturer or its representative. This FSCA is currently being assessed by MHRA - further advice may be issued later.

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NICE are very pleased to announce the dates of the upcoming consultation period for the draft quality standards on Diabetes and Glaucoma. The consultation, for both topics, starts on Thursday 4th November and finishes on Thursday 16th December at 5pm. NICE greatly values stakeholder contributions into the quality standards development process and has found consultation feedback extremely helpful in work on previous quality standards so encourage you to comment. The diabetes and glaucoma draft quality standards can be found on the quality standards 'in development' page from 4th November onwards.

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