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Dispensing optician offers advice during coronavirus crisis
Posted: Tuesday 7 April 2020
Emma Woodhouse is a dispensing optician at Specsavers and has offered her support and advice to visually impaired people, to address some of the challenges facing them at this difficult time.
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Urgent action required to ensure sight-saving injections continue
Posted: Friday 3 April 2020
We have written to health ministers and NHS chiefs in the UK to ensure sight-saving injections continue to be a priority during the coronavirus crisis.Currently, while all routine appointments in eye clinics have been postponed, injections for wet AMD, a…
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"Focus on the present and the positive things"
Posted: Wednesday 1 April 2020
Many people living with macular disease face the fear of loneliness and isolation every day of their lives.But with the coronavirus outbreak and the UK being in lockdown at present, there’s a danger that those feelings can be exacerbated, especially for …
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Our Working Age and Young Peoples' Manager shares his self isolation tips
Posted: Friday 27 March 2020
Our working age and young peoples' manager Colin Daniels has shared his top tips for surviving self isolation when you are living with sight loss.
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Macular Society increases telephone and online support services
Posted: Wednesday 25 March 2020
We have introduced a range of new telephone and online services to continue supporting people with macular disease in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.Earlier this month we suspended all of our face-to-face volunteering services, including our peer s…
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New tech support service has helped you stay connected
Posted: Tuesday 24 March 2020
Whatever our level of sight, it’s hard to ignore just how thoroughly technology has worked its way into all our lives.
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"We remain fully focused on finding a cure for macular disease."
Posted: Monday 23 March 2020
A message from our chief executive, Cathy Yelf:"What an extraordinary time we are living through at the moment.
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Patients encouraged to continue attending injections
Posted: Friday 20 March 2020
The Macular Society, along with the Royal College of Ophthalmologists has asked hospitals across the UK to write to patients to ensure they continue to attend their sight-saving injections, amid the current coronavirus outbreak.
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Should I continue attending my injections at my local eye clinic?
Posted: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Updated 17 March: We’ll update this page in line with new guidance as soon as possible.With the increasing spread of the coronavirus, many people are understandably worried about whether they should go to their eye clinic appointments.
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Inside your spring copy of Sideview…
Posted: Monday 9 March 2020
We’re putting the final touches to Sideview, our members’ magazine, ready to send out next week.In spring 2020’s issue, find out:Why Ray volunteered as a research guinea pig (and how you can too)How to get the answers you need at your next appointmentThe…
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Awards for Excellence 2020 – nominations open
Posted: Friday 6 March 2020
Nominations are now open for this year’s Awards for Excellence.
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Gene editing tool used inside body for first time, to treat rare form of blindness
Posted: Thursday 5 March 2020
Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 inside a person’s body for the first time, a new development in efforts to operate on DNA to treat diseases.A patient recently underwent a procedure at the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Heal…
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