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The scale and impact of sight loss in the UK
2.1 million
people living with sight loss
It costs £36bn each year
Reduced
employment
and productivity
£6.2bn
Reduced quality reduced employment
of life opportunities and increase in
£24.8bn informal carer responsibilities
reduction in quality of life
and the impact of disabling
sight loss
Cost of aids
and other
economic impacts
£1.6bn
Additional health
£ system costs
£3.4bn
including increased risk
of falls
Source 2
The future of primary eye care – principles and priorities 5
