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The article explores my-iClinic decided to open a myopia clinic in response to a lack of available services for children. It expected the clinic to last a month but has been operational since January 2019. In preparation for opening, the team started reading around the topic and connected with other myopia clinics around the world.

The article explores Anna was struggling to get her usual supermarket delivery slot. As blind and partially sighted people in the UK are not classified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable,' they are not automatically entitled to food parcels, priority supermarket deliveries or help with basic care needs. Aside from diabetes, the commonest causes of visual impairment in Europe are age-related macular disease, inherited retinal diseases, and glaucoma.

The article offers information on the Optometrist Gordon Ilett, who become the new chairman of charity SeeAbility, charity registered as the Royal School for the Blind. Topics discussed include right of disabled people to a state-funded eye examination; training of more optometrists to make adjustments for people with disabilities, because of a lack of government funding; and encouraging people to deliver support and services for people with disabilities ranging from autism to sight loss.

Discusses the significance of the Optometry Giving Sight (OGS), a global fundraising initiative for blindness prevention programmes. Number of blind and visually impaired people as of 2004; Use of OGS funds; Information on ways to support OGS. INSETS: Pacific training;Resources for African eye care.

The article reports on the celebration of independent optical business Prab Boparai Opticians for its fifth year anniversary in business in Wolverhampton, England in September 2015 which was marked with an open day in aid of local charity Beacon Centre for the Blind on August 22.

The article focuses on the partnership of Vision Express with The Macular Society (TMS) vision charity for the launching of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) awareness week. Topics covered include activities hosted by optometrists as TMS appeals for AMD research funding for solutions in avoiding sight loss. Also mentioned are 1,000 employees of Vision Express who have enlisted as TMS members and can offer specialist training for macular degeneration to customers.

This section offers eye healthcare industry news briefs as of July 2015. Healthcare workers are required to detect and report early signs of radicalisation as to a new legislation on the prevention strategy of the government. The Royal National Institute for Blind Persons (RNIB) campaigners are taking part in blindfold walks with Ministers of Parliament to encourage the creation of local Street Charters. Dr. Steven Loomis has been named president of the American Optometric Association (AOA).

The article reports on the release of Google self-driving vehicle prototypes on the roads of Mountain View, California for the potential use by people with sight loss with speed set at 25 miles per hour (mph) along with safety drivers in the initial run as well as removable accelerator, brake pedals and steering wheel.

The article evaluates the Be My Eyes app, which gives blind people the opportunity to ask the sighted volunteer for help when performing task that require normal vision.

The article focuses on the Boots Opticians Actionnaires Athletics Day organized by Great Britain-based charity Action for Blind People in Sheffield, England as of October 2014. It reports that the event was said to be the biggest event in Great Britain for blind and partially sighted children aged 4-16. Further presented are comments of partially sighted girl Hana Ajaz of charity Manchester Actionnaires who participated in the event and of Ben Fletcher, managing director of Boots Opticians.

The article reports that the final of the Google Impact Challenge 2014 was won by smart glasses, developed by RNIB Solutions and Oxford University for blind and partially sighted people.

The article reports that Ten Action for Blind People service users shared their experiences of sight loss with guests at a House of Lords reception.

The article focuses on employment, social inclusion and education under the Children and Young People (C&YP) related to vision impairment (VI) in Great Britain. It states that only 34 percent blind were employed in the country. It mentions that social inclusion includes buildings, allowing blind to move freely and transport. It highlights that 67.6 percent of primary age children who are blind are educated.

The article focuses on the history of the career of a blind man John Metcalf in Yorkshire, England. It provides an overview of the Metcalf's personal background and how he became blind when he was four years old after affected by smallpox. However, Metcalf's disability did not stop him from learning through tombstone inscriptions at the nearby churchyard. A brief overview of Metcalf's career in military and as a road builder is presented.

The article focuses on the public spending cuts whih can result in grim future for the blind and partially sighted people, as reported by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Scotland.

In this article the author expresses concern over the possibility of reduction of 30 pounds a week in the incapacity allowance for blind and partial sighted people, under the new benefit rules in Great Britain.

The article reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revised its estimates on the number of people with blindness and visual impairment in the world.

The article reports on the plan of guide dog owner Dave Heeley to undertake the Eyes of the World challenge wherein he will run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days with the help of his sighted guide Malcom Carr in April 2008. Heeley said that many people lose their sight in various countries that have no eyecare services and he aimed to change their lives including partially sighted people through publicity and sponsorship of the marathon challenge.

The article reports that Fight for Sight president Betty Boothroyd will be broadcasting a fundraising appeal for the optical charity on Radio 4 in Great Britain on January 21, 2007. Boothroyd will be telling listeners that glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the world. Fight for Sight supports Dr. Paul Foster, a researcher who is trying to identify the condition of glaucoma at an earlier stage.

The article reports that the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) in Great Britain is calling on eye care professionals, pharmaceutical companies and patient organisations to form an alliance to improve glaucoma detection and overcome the barriers to effective treatment. A report has revealed that thousands of people with glaucoma are losing their sight by not taking medication. RNIB calls for the government to fund a pilot project to identify a strategy for addressing barriers to compliance.

The article reports on the claim of the Guide Horse Foundation, an organisation in the U.S., that the shortage of guide animals for the blind can be solved by using miniature horses. The Guide Horse Foundation was set up seven years ago as an experimental trial to test the efficacy of using tiny horses as an alternative to dogs. The target users of guide horses are blind people who are frightened of or allergic to dogs or disabled people who find handling dogs too demanding.

The article reports on a decline in the number of registered blind people in Great Britain in 2006, according to the National Health Service statistics. Numbers have decreased by 4 per cent between 2003 and 2006. The largest fall was in the over 75 age group, while the 18-64 age group saw an increase of 6 per cent.

The article reports on the celebration of the World Sight Day on October 12, 2006 by Vision 20/20 with 11 visual impairment charities hosting a lunch served in total darkness. Guests were invited to restaurant Dans le Noir in London, England where blind waiters served a mystery menu to demonstrate life without vision. The event also marked the launch of a report entitled Network 1000 commissioned by Vision 20/20 into the experiences and lifestyles of visually impaired people.

The article reports on the call of OGS for opticians to participate in its campaign to help blind and visually impaired by asking customers and optical company staff across Great Britain to make a £1 donation. All money raised is going to the Giving Sight to Blind Children project, which was set up following a recent visit by Sightsavers International and the International Centre for Eyecare Education to a blind school in Malawi.

The article presents information on choroideraemia. It is an X-linked recessive condition with bilateral atrophy of the choroid and overlying retinal pigment epithelium. Affected patients develop night blindness in childhood. The first signs to appear are areas of pallor or irregular pigmentation in the peripheral fundus.

The article presents updates on issues related to the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) Cymru in Great Britain. The Web site www.eyecare-wales.nhs.uk that aims to save the vision of people is being operated by the RNIB Cymru. An event for the launch of the Open Your Eyes campaign in the National Assembly for Wales was hosted by the institute.

Reports on the Low Vision 'Can I Still Drive? Conference regarding partially sighted and blind people organized by the Birmingham Focus on Blindness to be held in November 2005 in England. Speakers of the event; Topic on macular degeneration to be discussed in the pre-lunch sessions; Prices of the tickets.

Reports on the effectiveness of the efforts being made by the British Department of Health to reduce waiting times for cataract procedures in February 2005. Acknowledgement by the Royal National Institute for the Blind of the improvement in cataract services; Provision by independent sector treatment centers of cataract operations.

Reports on the Access for All campaign of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association in Westminster, England in 2004. Problems encountered by visually impaired people when attending doctors' surgeries; Involvement of the National Health Service in the campaign.

Announces the increase in the number of children in Great Britain who are becoming visually impaired or blind according to a study published in the October 25, 2003 issue of "The Lancet." Factors that contributed to the increase; Number of diagnosed visually impaired or blind children in Great Britain during 2000; Causes of visual impairment.

Reports on the rejection of the complaints against the advertisements created by the Royal National Institute for the Blind by the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) of Great Britain. Basis of the complaints against the advertisements; Stance of ASA on the advertisements.

Reports that a free directory providing contact details for local and national services, was launched by the Royal National Institute for the Blind in January 2002 in Camden and Islington in London, England. Estimated number of people registered in the area as blind or partially sighted; Comment from Olav Ernstzen, chairman of the Camden & Islington Low Vision Group on the importance of the directory; Information provided by the directory.