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Sight matters
We believe people’s sight matters
Moorfields Eye Charity is the leading charity in the UK funding
research into eye health and innovation and improvement in
patient care to help patients at Moorfields and globally.
We support advances in eye health and the life-changing work of the world-leading partnership
between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Moorfields) and the UCL Institute of
Ophthalmology (UCL). Doing this increases our understanding of eye disease, speeds up diagnoses
and brings new treatments and therapies to people with sight loss.
Mission
Every six minutes someone in
Improving eye health by funding
the UK starts to lose their sight.
innovation in research, education
and care to benefit Moorfields’ patients.
The number of people in the UK with sight
loss is set to increase significantly. It is
Vision
predicted that by 2050 the number of people
Moorfields Eye Charity’s support
this will affect in the UK will double to over
enables Moorfields and UCL to provide world-
four million [1].
leading eye care, research and education from
That’s why we’re dedicated to supporting
the new eye health centre benefitting patients
pioneering eye research and innovations in
across the UK and globally.
patient care, and the sharing of knowledge
Our strategy 2021-27
which has an impact at Moorfields and far
beyond. And it’s why we’re a partner in
Our six year strategy outlines our
realising the new centre for advancing eye
ambitious objectives for the charity
health opening in 2027, helping to save
and our role supporting the work of Moorfields
people’s sight in the UK and around the world.
and UCL to benefit patients and their families
at Moorfields and beyond.
Our strategy outlines five main objectives to:
Create a world-class integrated
Support innovation
Shape national
centre for advancing eye
in patient care,
policy to increase
health, teaching and research
enhancing the patient
resources allocated
in 2027
experience
to eye health
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Be the leading
Support sharing of
charity for research
knowledge and development
into eye health
of people’s expertise
