The urgent need to develop emergency EYE care in the UK: the way forward?

Affiliations

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁴ Eye Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Forresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, UK.
⁶ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Level 10, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds, UK.
⁷ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.
⁸ The BMI Park Hospital, Sherwood Lodge Drive, Arnold, Nottingham, UK.
⁹ Ward 25, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.

J C Buchan et al. Eye (Lond). 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;31(11):1515-1518.

doi: 10.1038/eye.2017.113. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁴ Eye Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Forresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, UK.
⁶ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Level 10, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds, UK.
⁷ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.
⁸ The BMI Park Hospital, Sherwood Lodge Drive, Arnold, Nottingham, UK.
⁹ Ward 25, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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