Glaucoma UK is a small charity but has a big impact!

A patient has been able to detect signals in her blind left eye thanks to a revolutionary new implant. She became the first UK patient to receive this new device as part of a Europe-wide clinical trial. The news offers hope of partially restored vision for people with geographic atrophy (GA), the most common form […]

Glaucoma UK staff will be taking a short break over the festive period, and our offices will be closed from 12:00pm on Wednesday 22 December 2021 until 09:30am on Tuesday 4 January 2022. If you need support during this time, our website holds many resources that you may find helpful, including our information booklets and […]

A patient at the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has today become the first person in the world to be supplied solely with a fully digital 3D printed prosthetic eye. Steve Verze (pictured), an engineer in his 40s from Hackney, is the first to take a fully digital artificial eye home with him. Following […]

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) manages which treatments are offered on the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They decide which treatments provide the best outcome for patients, within the available resources of the NHS. As treatments for diseases are being developed all the time, NICE regularly reviews the processes […]

Glaucoma UK announces that Karen Osborn, its Chief Executive Officer, will be stepping down from the role early in the New Year. “After five rewarding years as Chief Exec of this brilliant charity, I want to let you know that I’ve decided to move on,” said Karen Osborn. “I’ve enjoyed my time at the charity […]

Our glaucoma helpline advisors are unavailable today due to illness. If you call our helpline today, you’ll speak to another member of our friendly staff team who will take a message and pass this on to our helpline advisors. Our helpline advisors will then call you back at the earliest opportunity. We apologise for any […]

Joint statement As a coalition of sight loss charities, we are calling on the Government to make the benefit system and employment support fit for purpose for blind and partially sighted people. The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWPs) long-awaited consultation, Shaping Future Support: Health and Disability Green Paper, presents an important opportunity for the […]

If you could design a compliance aid to help you put your eye drops in, what problems would it be able to solve? We’ve just launched a new survey so you can tell us your ideas and share your experiences of using eye drops and compliance aids. The survey should take no more than three […]

A huge thank you to our London Marathon runners, Adam and Kate, who ran for Glaucoma UK and have collectively raised more than £2,000 so far for our charity.   Our runners joined more than 40,000 participants who ran the course from Blackheath to The Mall last weekend. After a particularly wet week, we are […]

This year’s National Eye Health Week (NEHW) will take place from 20 to 26 September 2021, promoting the importance of good eye health and the need for regular eye tests for all. We’re delighted to be one of the many organisations supporting National Eye Health Week 2021. To celebrate, we need your help to raise […]