Annual review - RNIB

Working to eliminate the huge proportion of sight loss
in the UK that is avoidable
This year we have launched projects in five areas of the UK to improve our
understanding of the barriers to eye health that people experience and the ways
to counter these barriers. Although the devastating experience of losing your sight
can happen to anyone we are particularly targeting the most at risk groups and
striving to improve primary and secondary eyecare for people on low income and
from Pakistani and Caribbean populations. The completed research has identified
people’s experiences and concerns and we are now beginning to trial potential
solutions.
Working in partnership to ensure people have a
potentially sight-saving eye test
Sight tests can identify a potentially sight threatening eye condition before any
symptoms are experienced. This is a crucial message in preventing avoidable
sight loss and is why opportunities to work across the eye health sector, such
as National Eye Health Week, are so vitally important and enable us to reach
people we could not reach on our own. During National Eye Health Week 2011
we worked with 16 key partners and reached in excess of 510,000 people who are
either at risk of losing their sight themselves, or work closely with people who are.
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Stopping people losing their sight unnecessarily