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

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 has pledged its commitment to the #SASsix campaign, a national initiative aimed at supporting specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors to develop within their careers and become leaders and educators. SAS doctors and locally employed doctors (LEDs) are the most rapidly rising group of doctors on the medical register.

Dr Ana Pueyo-Bestué of Miguel Servantes Hospital in Zaragoza, Spain and Dr Toshit Varshni of Save Sight Centre Eye Hospital, Delhi, India, have been announced as the joint winners of the 2024 Chandra Awards.

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.

Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to a successful 2025 Annual Congress – EyeConUK – in Liverpool last week.

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.