Thank you so much for telling your MP that more funding for eye research is needed.

• The number of partially sighted and blind people is increasing every year and it is set to increase between 3.5 and 4 million by 2050.
  
• The effects of sight loss and blindness can be profound and far reaching, affecting mental wellbeing and financial independence.
• The economic cost to the state is estimated at over £25 billion a year and it is predicted to rise to over £33 billion by 2050.
• The direct health care system cost is estimated at over £3 billion a year and growing in an already stretched NHS.

By investing more in research, we can stop the clock on sight loss.