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Autumn Budget 2025: What it means for blind and partially sighted people
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the 2025 Autumn Budget, setting out UK Government plans for spending, taxation, and public services. We’ve been analysing what the announced changes mean for blind and partially sighted people across the UK.
RNIB NI urges Derry students to ‘get smart about eye health’ on World Sight Day
World Sight Day (Thursday, 9 October), is an annual opportunity to focus on vision and prioritise good eye health care and to mark the occasion, sight loss charity RNIB NI (the Royal National Institute of Blind People in Northern Ireland), invited over 50 students at North West Regional College in Derry/Londonderry to take part in an eye test information event at the campus Dial Centre. By hosting this event, RNIB urges students to ‘get smart about eye health’ and make sure they book that all important eye test.
Local optometrists instrumental in saving sight
During National Health Week (22-28 September), sight loss support charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), and Optometry NI, the governing body for community optometrists are calling on the general public to look after their sight.
Looking for a better Scotland
This National Eye Health Week 2025, RNIB Scotland has launched its manifesto, ‘Looking For A Better Scotland’, urging all political parties to commit to action ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections.
Our verdict on the 10-Year Plan for the NHS
The UK Government released the long awaited 10-Year Plan to reform the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
The NHS 10-Year Health Plan: What do blind and partially sighted people want it to include?
In late 2024 and early 2025, a major public consultation was held to inform the shaping of a new NHS 10 Year Plan for England, due to be published this June.
Blind and partially sighted people in West London share stories of vital eye clinic support service
People affected by sight loss and eye conditions in the Westminster area have gathered together to share how a hospital eye clinic support service has been changing lives. It comes as the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is marking the 30-year anniversary of its vital Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) at eye clinics across the UK.
How to share your views on the future of the NHS in England
In October 2024, the UK Government launched a major public consultation to gather views on how to make a health service fit for the future as part of their 10 Year Health Plan for England.
Vital support for eye clinics and patients - 30 year anniversary
RNIB has employed an ECLO at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust’s eye clinic for 30 years. Since then, the service has grown to 130 RNIB ECLOs and by the end of 2024 there will be an ECLO in every major UK hospital eye clinic.
Charles Bonnet Syndrome: ‘I can’t believe my eyes’
Charles Bonnet Syndrome Day takes place on 16 November and sight loss charity RNIB Northern Ireland is putting the spotlight on the rare syndrome that causes blind and partially sighted people to experience terrifying hallucinations.