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The College has announced its support for the UK National Eye Health and Hearing Study (UKNEHS), a major public health initiative aiming to assess the prevalence and causes of vision and hearing impairment in adults aged 50 and over across the UK.

Surgical outcomes from cataract operations have consistently improved over the past decade, results from the latest national ophthalmology database (NOD) cataract audit demonstrate.

A research team from Moorfields, led by Mr Harry Petrushkin, has launched a new national study through the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) into ocular hypotony, a sight-threatening condition where the pressure inside the eye is low enough for long enough to cause permanent structural changes and vision loss.

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.

The College is calling on all providers of NHS-funded age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment to ensure all their patients start being treated within 14 days of referral to give them the best possible outcome.

Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.

Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.

The College has today launched a new free resource sharing and signposting artificial intelligence as medical device (AIaMD) tools for use in ophthalmology.

Number of people with glaucoma, AMD and cataracts set to increase over the next 10 years. This new online tool will be a critical planning resource for commissioners and providers of eye health care.

The British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) is set to launch the first UK-wide epidemiological survey on adult gonococcal conjunctivitis at the start of 2025.