Government announces it is making eye health a public health priority

The Public Health Outcomes Framework, launched 23rd January 2012 by the Government, includes an eye health indicator. This indicator will track the rates of three major causes of sight loss including glaucoma, age related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. In many cases sight loss from these eye conditions can be prevented if detected and treated earlier. The indicator will be based on data collected by CVI team under the auspice of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists based at Moorfields Eye Hospital and currently funded by the RNIB and the NIHR BMRC for ophthalmology.

Further Reading

Department of Health, Page 77 & 78 (PDF Reader Required)

Vision 2020 UK News Article

NHS Atlas 2.0: Launch

The NHS Atlas of Variation has today been published by the Department of Health to highlight the amount each Primary Care Trust (PCT) spends on clinical services and links this with the health outcomes patients see.

CVI figures for Diabetic Eye Disease have been published in the latest version of NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare 2011. Please click here to find out more information

DEVICe Data Tables

• Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) figures due to diabetic eye disease by English PCT for 2008/9
• Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) figures due to diabetic eye disease by English PCT for 2009/10

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DEVICe Newletter Now Out

Issue 1 of DEVICE Newsletter is now out and include information on The Device Data Project, funded by the RNIB

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NHS Information Centre publishes statistics

The NHS Information Centre has published statistics of persons registered with Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities in England< as being Blind or Partially Sighted for the year ending March 31st 2011.The full details (with registration statistics provided for each council) can be found on the NHS Information Centre Website

ECVI Website Low Vision Pages to be Devloped

Work is being carried out to develop a Low Vision version of the ECVI website to cater for sight impaired users.

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WebSupergoo provides ABCpdf software to the ECVI project

The ECVI project have been using ABCpdf to generate forms for our charitably funded research project. The software is fast, easy to setup and use. Highly recommended."
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ECVI System to be piloted in Wales

The Welsh Assembly have approved piloting the ECVI in three counties