UK Vision Strategy
UK Vision Strategy
The UK is one of the richest nations in the developed world and yet it is failing its citizens because the UK’s provision of eye health and sight loss services is unfit to meet current and future needs.
Too many UK citizens do not understand the impact of their lifestyles and health conditions on their sight and there is limited public health information and action to help them.
Too many people are living with sight loss that could have been avoided through earlier detection or treatment. And too many people who have lost some or all of their sight do not receive the support they need to enable them to deal with the emotional trauma of sight loss or manage basic everyday tasks.
And despite equality and human rights legislation there is discrimination throughout society that excludes and marginalizes people with a visual impairment, often because of ignorance of the impact of sight loss.
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