The latest news and developments in the eye health and sight loss sector.
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College of Optometrists warns of the dangers of wearing novelty contact lenses at Halloween
RNIB and Specsavers urge over 65s this World Sight Day to get their eyes tested
Researchers have developed a new treatment for patients with blindness associated with brain injury often caused by stroke.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have received a major five-year funding award for eye research from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), recognising the world-leading excellence of our partnership.
Sight loss is costing the UK economy £28billion annually , a report from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and Specsavers has revealed.
RNIB has today sent an open letter to the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt, calling for improved access to cataract surgery.
Researchers believe a routine eye test could spot the early warning signs of Alzheimer’s.
Of the people in the UK who are registered as blind or partially sighted, 93 per cent can see something. But when people see a blind or partially sighted person with a cane or a guide dog, they assume that they can’t see anything which is often not the case.
RNIB is urging all NHS organisations and local authority social services to provide accessible information to blind and partially sighted people. The call comes as NHS England’s new accessible information standard comes into full effect on Sunday 31 July 2016.
Research published in BMJOpen this month has found that community care for routine monitoring of neovascular age-related macular degeneration can be just as effective as hospital-based care.