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SeeAbility has released new research, ‘Children in focus – a clear call to action’, that suggests thousands of children with learning disabilities in England’s special schools are missing out on vital eye tests and eye care despite being 28 times more likely to have a serious sight problem than other children. Around 100,000 children attend special schools in England,

• 2 May 2018

Partnership aims to find a cure for the leading cause of sight loss in the UK – age-related macular degeneration. BenevolentAI and Action Against AMD, a group of UK sight loss charities, have announced their partnership to use BenevolentAI’s technology to find treatments and a potential cure for the leading cause of blindness in the

• 20 March 2018

This was a one day workshop held on Wednesday 21 February 2018, chaired by Professor John Sparrow, Clinical lead for NOD audit. The day was a means of information and debate and included topics covering the origins of the audit and recommendations to support data validation and completeness.  The risk indicators and risk model /adjustments were

• 5 March 2018

• Tags | NOD | Seminar Review

To provide the best care for patients, and identify where improvements can be made, it is important to be able to measure the quality of clinical services provided. Using the RCOphth’s Quality and Safety Group’s set of self-assessment tools for clinical services, we have launched a simple electronic tool (E-tool) to help ophthalmic units assess

• 22 February 2018

The RCOphth Commissioning Guide for Adult Cataract aims to provide patients and the public, health and social care professionals, commissioners and service providers with a clear description of what constitutes a high-quality service. The guidance helps an organisation to assess its current performance against evidence-based measures of best practice and identify priorities for improvement in

• 21 February 2018