Moorfields Eye Charity
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We support innovative research, education and care at @Moorfields & @UCLeye to make life-changing improvements to people's sight. #PeoplesSightMatters
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🎈Our annual fundraising walk celebrates its tenth anniversary on Sunday 23 June.
💥Over the years Eye to Eye has raised over £900,000 to support eye research and innovation.
👀Take on 1, 5 or 15 miles and give back to Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust .
Sign up here: brnw.ch/21wIDRx
Nigel Wheeler has a rare genetic retina condition and has been under the care of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Nigel and his daughter Orla, Team Wheeliebins will be undertaking the Isle of Wight 30km Cross Island Challenge to raise money to give back.
Donate: brnw.ch/21wIuZx
We're in the charity hub at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust City Road today talking about giving to Moorfields in celebration - through birthdays, weddings, anniversaries - making a difference to people with sight loss. If you're visiting today, say hello, find out more and enjoy a sweet treat too!
We are proud to support optometry-led research at @moorfields, @ucleye & @moorfieldsbrc, which is making a difference in eye health. 👁️
For #WorldOptometryDay read about Dr Dr Anish Jindal and Dr Padraig Mulholland day-to-day experiences as optometrists: brnw.ch/21wI9lV
We are excited to share that we have supported the purchase of a state-of-the-art piece of equipment for the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, the Thunder Microscope that is advancing studies of various eye diseases and vision disorders!
Find out more here: brnw.ch/21wHYdg
We're proud to be funding Dr Nicola Cronbach's research on primary congenital glaucoma. She's working with data from the #Genomes100k project and families with this condition at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to uncover novel diagnostic genes. #glaucomaweek
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wHUva
On #NoSmokingDay our staff are talking to patients about the risks of smoking to their sight. Smoking increases the risk of eye disease, such as age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of sight loss in the UK. For tips on how to quit, visit bit.ly/eye-quit
We're proud to support research led by Dr Karl Matter through our Springboard Award. This project looks at how our genes play a role in the development of glaucoma and could enable the development of new glaucoma care strategies in the future! #GlaucomaWeek brnw.ch/21wHPrz
Sana Hamid, one of the newest consultants to join our glaucoma services, shares what interested her about the condition and what advice she would give patients and people concerned that they are at risk of glaucoma for #GlaucomaWeek
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