Purpose UK demographic and legislative changes combined with increasing burdens on
National Health Service manpower and budgets have led to extended roles for community …

Glaucoma presents considerable challenges in providing clinically and cost-effective care
pathways. While UK population screening is not seen as justifiable, arrangements for case …

Purpose Ophthalmic services are currently under considerable stress; in the UK,
ophthalmology departments have the highest number of outpatient appointments of any …

Our objective was to present the findings of an opt-in, school-based eye care service for
children attending 11 special schools in England and use these findings to determine …

Purpose Research suggests that there are challenges in the accessibility of eye care for
children in England. This study explores the barriers and enablers to eye examinations for …

Background Hearing and vision loss in older people has been proven to affect physical and
mental health and increase the speed of cognitive decline. Studies have demonstrated that …

Abstract Purpose The United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) currently
provides sight tests at no cost to patients for all those aged< 16 or≥ 60. Some 'at …

Purpose Although urgent primary eye care schemes exist in some areas of England, their
current safety is unknown. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to quantify the …

Purpose Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with an increased incidence of sight‐loss.
To inform potential developments in eyecare, General Ophthalmic Service (GOS) sight …

Methods Thirty-three participants consisting of single vision spectacle wearers with either a
low (N= 12, mean age 34±14 years) or high prescription (N= 11, mean age 28±9 years) and …