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Press releases

Summary: The latest news releases from RNIB.

• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• June 2008
• April 2008
• March 2008
• February 2008
• Januray 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007

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September 2008

• RNIB statement: Blindness is no barrier to being a housemate - 05/09/2008

August 2008

• Justice at last for thousands facing blindness - 27/08/2008
• RNIB backs pensioners fight for sight saving treatment denied them by Barnet NHS - 13/08/2008

July 2008

• Treatment at last for pensioners in High Court battle to save their sight - 22/07/08
• RNIB backs Kent pensioner's fight for sight saving treatment on NHS - 18/07/08
• Update on High Court case of three elderly patients against Warwickshire Primary Care Trust - 14/07/2008
• Comment: Response to Air Traffic Controller application pack article - 11/07/08
• RNIB backs pensioner's High Court battle for sight saving treatment from NHS - 10/07/08
• Charity welcomes broadcasters success in promoting Audio Description - 03/07/08

June 2008

• RNIB backs legal action against PCT accused of unlawful ban on sight-saving treatments - 27/06/08
• Michael Hughes on Big Brother - 06/06/2008

April 2008

• Westminster Abbey to launch unique braille-guided Touch Tour - 21/04/08
• Survey reveals nation's fear of sight loss - 18/04/08
• Surrey pensioner in race against time to save her sight as PCT says ‘no’ to treatment - 08/04/08
• Justice in sight for thousands at risk of blindness - 02/04/08

March 2008

• Audio Description on TV: Press information - 04/03/08

February 2008

• Charities unite in battle to save Brighton pensioner's sight - 13/02/08

Januray 2008

• New Year gift for Salisbury woman as charities win fight to save her sight - 16/01/08

December 2007

• NICE delivers early Christmas present to thousands at risk of going blind - 14/12/07

November 2007

• Two million people in the UK denied the right to read - 02/11/07

October 2007

• Lack of ‘talking menus’ for switchover set-top box could isolate people with sight problems says RNIB - 17/10/07

September 2007

• Award-winning Insight Radio launches on Sky - 18/09/07
• Six million older people needlessly risking their sight - 12/09/07

August 2007

• RNIB accuses NICE of incompetence - risking blindness for 10,000 people - 08/08/07

July 2007

• RNIB response to Oxfordshire PCT announcing funding of sight-saving treatment - 17/07/07
• Record response to NICE consultation - 12/07/07
• RNIB funds legal action against PCT for illegal ban on sight-saving treatments - 09/07/07
• 8 out of 10 people opposed to ban on sight-saving drugs - 09/07/07
• Only one in three know smoking can cause blindness - 01/07/07

June 2007

• Sight-saving drugs available but NICE decides to allow thousands to go blind - 14/06/07
• RNIB calls for the rest of the UK to follow Scottish guidance on sight-saving treatment - 11/06/07

May 2007

• NHS leaves employee to go blind - 18/05/07
• Minicab driver's allergy to guide dog claim rejected by court - 14/05/07
• Ex-serviceman – blind in one eye – refused sight-saving treatment for the other eye: he’s not an ‘exceptional’ case - 01/05/07

April 2007

• RNIB response to statement by Nuffield Hospitals - 25/04/07
• Pensioner told we might save your sight – but only after you go blind in one eye - 24/04/07

March 2007

• 100 blind children to lobby Parliament - 28/03/07

February 2007

• RNIB’s position on the use of Avastin as a treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - 08/02/07
• NHS forces elderly couple to choose which one’s sight is saved - 07/02/07
• RNIB calls for warnings to teenagers on link between smoking and blindness - 06/02/07

January 2007

• Former MP leads campaign to stop scandal of NHS allowing people to go blind - 30/01/07
• Thousands needlessly losing sight from glaucoma - 16/01/07

Content author: pressoffice@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 05/09/2008 12:29