News & Views

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Ahead of World Glaucoma Week and the planned second reading of the Glaucoma Care (England) Bill in Parliament, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society has published a joint statement outlining its view on the future of glaucoma care.

The College supports the intent of the bill to tackle high competition ratios for training places and ensure a sustainable NHS workforce. As we have consistently highlighted, ophthalmology has one of the highest competition ratios of any training programme and chronic workforce shortages.

The College is expressing concerns that the Welsh Government’s response to the report following its inquiry into ophthalmology services does not reflect the urgency of the challenges facing ophthalmology services in Wales.

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

We are pleased to see an inquiry into ophthalmology services in Wales make far-reaching recommendations to policymakers that could help tackle challenges around workforce, estates and IT infrastructure that face ophthalmology services in Wales. The College provided detailed written and oral input to the inquiry.

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.

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

We are leading an urgent joint call for the national standardisation of electronic health records (EHRs) in eye care, which we believe is essential to improve services, outcomes and patient experience.