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Public Health Outcome Data for Certificate of Vision Impairment
The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) data update for August 2014 has been published by Public Health England (PHE) for the data period 2012/2013. The data are presented in an interactive data tool that allows users to view data in a user-friendly format. The data tool also provides links to further supporting and relevant information
Improving eye health and reducing sight loss – A ‘Call to Action’
Patients, professionals and the public are being invited to have their say by NHS England, in a debate around the provision of eye health services. ‘The NHS belongs to us all: a call to action’ was launched last July and set out the challenges faced by the NHS; those of an ageing population with complex
UK Vision Strategy eye health and sight loss statistics report for England
In February 2014 the UK Vision Strategy Partnership launched an eye health and sight loss statistics report for England.The report brings together data for England on all aspects of eye health and sight loss including: The rate of Certification of Vision Impairment The numbers registered with sight loss or severe sight loss Sight tests Outpatient
Survey results show under resourced eye clinics put patients’ sight at risk
Press Release UK survey by the Macular Society and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists highlights concerns over eye clinic capacity Thousands of elderly people with eye disease are receiving poor or very poor NHS services according to a survey of hospital ophthalmologists. The survey, by the Macular Society and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, asked
Eye health professionals welcome the first ever Public Health Indicator for eye health
Eye health professionals from across the sector will welcome the first ever Public Health Indicator for eye health when it comes into force on April 1st, 2013. As part of the new Public Health Outcomes Framework, the Indicator will track changes in the numbers of people who are certified as blind or partially sighted and