Intravitreal injections (injections into the eye) are a new form of treatment for various conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and vascular eye problems. The use of these injections has become so widespread that most departments around the world (and particularly in the U.K) do not have enough doctors to meet the service provision demands of an ever increasing number of patients. Many departments have trialed training ophthalmic nurse practitioners as a solution and the number of such specifically trained nurses is set to rise exponentially in the future....

Intravitreal Injections are now standard treatment for various ocular condition such as age-related macular degeneration, the central part of the retina at the back of the eye involving macular oedema in diabetic retinopathy, and macular oedema in retinal vein occlusion.