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Vision
We are working to accelerate the delivery of innovation that predicts and detects eye disease early and accelerate the access of those at risk to cutting-edge therapies to prevent vison loss.
An estimated two million people in the UK are living with sight loss and half of these cases were likely preventable. Eye disease is the commonest cause of outpatient attendance in the NHS. Vision impairment is a major contributor to societal inequalities, reducing people’s independence, mobility and likelihood of employment. Close to half of people living with vision impairment earn less than £300 per week. Children with learning disability are 28 times more likely to have vision loss.
Within our partnership we have, with Moorfields, the UK’s only NIHR biomedical research centre for eye disease and one of the world’s leading eye hospitals. We are now seeking to support scaling of cutting-edge developments in eye health across our local population.