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The College welcomes NHS England's new guidance for treating wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). This consensus-based pathway aims to optimise treatment while expanding use of more cost-effective medicines within the NHS.
Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.
Professor Harminder S Dua CBE has been appointed as the new editor-in-chief of Eye, the College’s flagship scientific journal.
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to a successful 2025 Annual Congress – EyeConUK – in Liverpool last week.
For day one of this year’s Annual Congress we were pleased to have been joined by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh.
In an open letter to Health Minister Stephen Kinnock MP, the College has called for a review into the use and oversight of independent sector providers in NHS-funded cataract surgery, given the worrying issues around patient safety and value for money raised by a recent Sunday Times investigation.
Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.
All members are invited to attend the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists at 10.45am on Tuesday 20 May at ACC Liverpool.
The London Central Employment Tribunal has recently dismissed a claim instigated by Ms Evelyn Mensah, our former equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) lead, against the College.
College President Professor Ben Burton comments on the report's findings: “This report highlights many of the concerns around the increase in independent sector provision of NHS ophthalmology services that we share."
