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Read our latest policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates on our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.

The College has published its response to the finding of the recent National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) enquiry into juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) care. We fully support the report’s eight recommendations, and note a role for UK Ophthalmologists in supporting their delivery.

The College has published a new clinical guideline on idiopathic full thickness macular holes, a relatively common and visually disabling condition. The guideline, which was produced by a guideline development group chaired by Professor David Steel, aims to evaluate and summarise the clinical evidence relating to the management of patients with the condition.

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Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer Greg Ellwood-Hughes analyses the implications for ophthalmology services.

The latest edition of the policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates in which we share our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.

The latest edition of the policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates in which we share our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.

The latest edition of the policy roundup, a series of advocacy updates in which we share our most recent policy and public affairs activities and successes.

The safety of cataract surgery in the UK is continuing to improve, results from the latest National Ophthalmology Database (NOD) audit – published today – show. Data gathered from 177 centres over a 12-month period to 31 March 2023 indicate that fewer than 1 in 200 patients experience substantial reduction in vision following cataract surgery. The major complication of surgery (posterior capsule rupture or PCR) is occurring in less than 1% of operations.