- UKNEHS Team
World Sight Day - sight loss and blindness to double by 2050
Good afternoon,
Today, World Sight Day, a letter from the All Party Parliamentary
Group for Eye Health and Vision Impairment was sent to Matt Hancock,
calling on the Government to support the UKNHES. The letter, and
the news release can be found at this link:
https://www.uknehs.org.uk/post/world-sight-day-uk-eye-health-data-shame
Additionally, Professor Bourne's research into global prevalence of
eye disease, in pre-print with The Lancet, has been highlighted by
Anglia Ruskin University, and shows that blindness and severe vision
impairment is set to double by 2050. A news release is here:
https://aru.ac.uk/news/blindness-and-sight-loss-to-double-by-2050
UKNEHS Team