Policy roundup: August and September 2025
Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.
Read the latest RCOphth news updates and guidance here.
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.
Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.
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.
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 published its response to the finding of the recent National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) enquiry into juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) care. We fully support the report’s eight recommendations, and note a role for UK Ophthalmologists in supporting their delivery.
The College has published a new clinical guideline on idiopathic full thickness macular holes, a relatively common and visually disabling condition. The guideline, which was produced by a guideline development group chaired by Professor David Steel, aims to evaluate and summarise the clinical evidence relating to the management of patients with the condition.
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Shining a spotlight on SAS doctors and the invaluable leadership role they play in delivering specialised care in various sub-specialties of medicine.