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Jason Turnbull takes on epic challenge: climbing 24 Munros in 2024 to support Sight Scotland Veterans

Jason Turnbull has embarked on a remarkable journey to climb 24 Munros throughout 2024 to raise funds for Sight Scotland Veterans, a charity dedicated to supporting visually impaired veterans throughout Scotland.

250 QFFD bicycles make sight saving care possible in rural Zambia

Sight-saving charity Orbis, is delivering a project in the Copperbelt province of Zambia, tackling the difficulties of delivering eye care in rural areas by providing 250 bikes to Community Eye Health Champions (CEHCs).

£1 million gift from patient-focused charity for new centre for advancing eye health

Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital, the charity providing volunteer support and patient experience services at Moorfields Eye Hospital, has pledged £1 million to Moorfields Eye Charity towards a new centre for advancing eye health, opening in 2027.

RNIB unveils Eye Care Support Pathway to transform eyecare support for patients

More than 100 people came together recently to back a new patient-centred approach to eyecare support. Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) which has taken the lead on this work, hosted an event at Aston University in Birmingham on...

ASDA Opticians adds new way for patients to get eyecare advice and support from RNIB

People experiencing sight loss will be able to access essential support, information and advice to help adapt thanks to a new partnership between ASDA Opticians and the UK’s leading sight loss charity, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). ASDA...

Christoph Schoess awarded prestigious Theodor Leber Medal by the DOG

At the opening ceremony at their annual congress (10–13 October) in Berlin, Germany, the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) awarded Christoph Schoess, founder and long-serving Managing Director of Heidelberg Engineering, the esteemed Theodor Leber Medal. This prestigious accolade is presented to...

Booster accelerates EU-funded projects results to create tangible impact

META Group is proud to announce that Booster has been renewed for another four years, with additional and customised services. Funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and led by META Group, Booster offers a...

Primary eyecare backs the government’s three key shifts in NHS care and calls for urgent implementation in Phase One of the 10 Year Plan

ABDO, The College of Optometrists and FODO strongly back the government’s three big shifts for the NHS in England: Hospital to community Analogue to digital Sickness to prevention. These go to the heart of what primary eye care is about...

Scottish Braille Press makes accessibility statement with new 60k braille printer investment

The Scottish Braille Press, which is part of Sight Scotland, has announced a significant investment in a state-of-the-art braille printer to bolster its support for individuals with vision impairments across the UK. This new printer, imported from Norway at a...

RNIB makes first Scotland stop in Glasgow on UK ‘Braille and Beyond’ library tour to celebrate two hundredth anniversary of braille

On Tuesday, January 28, the Mitchell Library in Glasgow hosted a special event celebrating the importance of braille and tactile literacy, organised by sight loss charity RNIB in partnership with Glasgow Libraries. Open to everyone, the event offered a day...

Novel retinal pigment metric tackles bias in AI models

Researchers have developed an innovative metric for objectively classifying pigmentation in a retinal image, rather than using subjective social constructs like ethnicity or other demographic variables, as is currently the case when building health datasets. Called the Retinal Pigment Score...

insitro and UK’s INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital announce collaboration to expand research efforts in neurodegeneration and related conditions

The world’s largest bioresource of eye images offers window into human health and serves as basis of a new AI foundation model to boost drug discovery. insitro, a machine learning-enabled drug discovery and development company, and the INSIGHT Health Data...