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.
Read our response to this week's announcement from the government
Professor Ben Burton, President of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has commented, following the publication of 'Reforming elective care for patients'
The latest edition of the policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates in which we share our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.
This month saw the launch of the National Clinical Strategy for Ophthalmology for Wales. Our Llywydd (lead for the College in Wales) Rhianon Reynolds was instrumental in the strategy’s development. In this exclusive blog she discusses the lessons she learnt from the process and outlines why she thinks the strategy can be valuable for all eye care professionals, not just those working in Wales.
Launched on 14 October, the National Clinical Strategy for Ophthalmology presents a clinically-led case for a new model of eye care across Wales. College Llywydd Rhianon Reynolds, who is also National Clinical lead for Ophthalmology in Wales and a consultant ophthalmologist at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, led on the development of the strategy. Here she highlights 10 facts about the strategy that all College members should be aware of.
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer Greg Ellwood-Hughes analyses the implications for ophthalmology services.
The latest edition of the policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates in which we share our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.