Three quarters of older people who suffer a fall as a result of poor vision had a visual impairment that was easily correctable. This could be a simple as getting a new prescription for your glasses or having cataract surgery. #FallsPrevention #EyeWeek #VisionMatters

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This week is National Eye Health week. With around half of all sight loss preventable, regular eye tests are invaluable. You may be entitled to free eye tests - click bit.ly/2kIs0MU to find out

A letter has been sent to all hospital eye services encouraging them to identify patients in your local health economy who would like to tell their story of using hospital eye services since April 2018. Online forms: ow.ly/FlUc50wrQsZ #NationalEyeHealthWeek #EyeWeek

How healthy are your eyes? Take this Eye Health Questionnaire as part of #NationalEyeHealthWeek #NEHW visionmatters.org.uk/eye-health-que…

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Watch tonight's BBC #TheOneShow for more about how a routine #SightTest detected a rare brain tumour and saved two-year-old Boo's life. #EyeWeek Vision Express #7pmBBC1

So very excited to be delivering a workshop at The Royal Society of Medicine in London next week where we’ll be talking about our eye care services in Wales and how Wales has coped since being devolved.

This week we launched our new Standards microsite, which includes everything you need to know about our new Standards for Optical Businesses. Read the first blog from our Director of Strategy, Alistair Bridge: bit.ly/2pz1NT6

People are losing their sight due to delays in treatment - the RNIB is campaigning to get MPs involved in reducing the pressure on hospital eye clinics. You can add your voice to theirs – it's easy to use, just fill in your address & it'll find your MP e-activist.com/page/48571/act…

Have you visited our new Standards microsite? Visit the site and find out more about it in our press release here - bit.ly/2Onvl0u

Welcome to all Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning Members to discuss the future of #eyehealth and care in England. Thank you Royal College of Ophthalmologists for hosting the meeting chaired by Faculty of Public Health Parul Desai and College of Optometrists David Parkins and thank you NHS England for your contribution.

Huge congratulations to @scottwatkin our Head of Engagement for being named in the Shaw Trust 2019 Disability Power List 100! It's a massive achievement & well-deserved for his outstanding commitment to improving life for people with learning disabilities. seeability.org/scott-watkin-b…

Have you booked for #NOC19 yet? Here’s Zoe Richmond with her views on what’s going to be an important gathering. Book here: bit.ly/2KywsHg

And we're off with Forward View #RSMVUK19 so excited and looking forward to a great day. Simon Brown Simon brown Blind Veterans UK staring us off brilliantly RSM Ophthalmology Section The Royal Society of Medicine

#RSMVUK19 Vision UK LOCSU looking forward to great day at Vision UK conference. Matt Broom - let's collaborate and cooperate. Simon Blind Veterans UK giving inspiring talk about his experience of sight loss.

.World Health Organization (WHO) DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking at the launch of the World report on #vision "2.2 billion people having vision impairment is a catastrophe and the one billion who don't have access to eye care shows we have to act" #VisionFirst

#rsmvuk19 LOCSU Vision UK Carol Reece from NHS E outlining plans for sight tests in special schools. Exciting plans - with improved access and care for children with LD or Autism. #optometry The AOP FODO ABDO Policy Optical Confed. SeeAbility

The Vision UK response to: Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s Department of Health and Social Care consultation. They want to hear our views on a new approach for the health and care system. Many thanks to all the Vision UK Members who contributed to our response visionuk.org.uk/vision-uk-resp…