Overview

VI Lives

RNIB teamed up with two other leading charities to produce a new in-depth report into the experiences of visually impaired people in the UK. The report is called VI Lives and is based on hundreds of conversations with people who live with a vision impairment.

Registered blind and partially sighted people in the UK

This briefing includes a UK overview of the number of registered blind and partially sighted people with headline data for individual countries.

Outlooks Research

“This report is designed to help the sector to better understand the lives of people with sight loss and explore their unmet needs in detail.

Health of People with Sight Loss

This report presents findings on health outcomes and health-related behaviours of people with sight loss. The data are based on a representative sample of adults, aged 16 and over, who participated in the Health Survey for England (HSE) between 2015 and 2019. Comparisons are made between those with sight loss and those with no sight loss.

Prevalence and demographics

Experiences of the eye care pathway

Independent living/post diagnostic support

Emotional Wellbeing

Mobility and travel

Employment

Children and education

Technology

General

Public Attitudes

Overview

Other

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