Establishing an allied health professional delivered selective laser trabeculoplasty service in Scotland.

Purpose: To describe the process of establishing a selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) service delivered by experienced allied health professionals (AHP) in a Scottish NHS Hospital Eye Service, and assess the safety and efficacy in comparison with SLT performed by ophthalmologists.

Methods: A training scheme for AHPs who were experienced in extended roles within the glaucoma service was developed, consisting of supervised training by a consultant ophthalmologist specialising in glaucoma leading to the AHPs independently delivering SLT. A prospective audit of consecutive SLT procedures performed by AHPs between November 2015 and April 2017 was performed.

Advances in the management of diabetic macular oedema based on evidence from the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network.

The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network (DRCR.net) performs studies on new treatments for diabetic retinopathy. This review aims to summarise recent findings from DRCR.

Lacrimal-auricular-dental-digital (LADD) syndrome with diffuse ophthalmoplegia--a new finding.

Lacrimal-auricular-dental-digital (LADD) syndrome comprises multiple anomalies. It can be inherited as autosomal dominant with variable expressivity or can be sporadic in nature. The clinical features of LADD syndrome include variably, lacrimal system hypoplasia, ear anomalies (with or without hearing impairment), salivary system hypoplasia, epiblepharon, dry eyes, corneal limbal stem cells deficiency, hypodontia, microdontia, xerostomia, and clinodactyly.