World Sight Day - 12th October 2017
10 Oct 2017
80% of blindness is avoidable | Employers have a role to play
This World Sight Day, 12 October,
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is asking employers to consider what they can do
to help reduce blindness statistics.
‘Make Vision Count’ is the theme of this
year’s campaign by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
(IAPB)*, which focuses on paying attention to eyecare issues that impact lives
everywhere, in developed countries as well as developing economies. With the
IAPB asking everyone to look around their families to see who is vulnerable and
to encourage them to book an eye examination, Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is
turning to employers to use their unique position to do the same for employees.
Four out of five cases of blindness
around the world (80%) are avoidable, according to the IAPB, and this is not
just limited to the developing world. Cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma,
macular degeneration, and more, are all conditions found in first world
countries. All of these can cause blindness that could be either treated or
prevented.
With the vast majority of employees
entitled to eyecare under health and safety rules regarding the use of display
screen equipment, workplace drivers and those requiring safety eyewear,
employers are in the ideal position to be able to encourage employees to take
up the provision of eyecare.
im Lythgow, director of strategic
alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare said: ‘With an eyecare management
system in place, as is available free with the purchase of eyecare eVouchers,
all employers have to do is time reminder emails to employees, for them to make
an appointment online. It is highly cost-effective for the employer and it really
is that simple to save someone’s sight.’
For more
information on eye health click here
For more information on corporate eyecare click here
For more information about World Sight Day click here
For more information on the HSE’s guidance document
to the DSE regulations, which includes the regulations and notes above, click here
World Sight Day - 12th October 2017
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/corporate
Email Us
T: 0115 933 0800
Cirrus House
10 Experian Way
NG2 1EP
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
Product News
Designer frames increase eyecare take-up
Research revealed today by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare suggests that offering designer frames increases take-up of eyecare benefits and reflects well on the company. This may prove useful information for safety managers providing DSE eye care, safety ...
Product News
Protecting the eyes from sun exposure
Employers have responsibilities to employees regarding all ‘at work’ activities. With the summer finally seeming to have started in earnest, Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is encouraging employers to consider eye care as part of their sun protection ...
Product News
New-look eye care website central tool for safety managers
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has updated its website,
increasing its use as an eye care tool for safety managers.
www.specsavers.co.uk/corporate
The new site is designed to be much mo...
Product News
Benefiting from workplace eye care
89%
of employees value eye care, but employers spend less time communicating it
than other benefits
New
research from Specsavers Corporate Eyecare shows how employers and employees value
eye care as an employee ...
Product News
Eyecare and wellbeing link registers in Scotland
Specsavers Corporate
Eyecare has held two health and wellbeing fairs for one of its customers,
Registers of Scotland.
Registers of
Scotland is the non-ministerial government department responsible for compiling
...
Product News
Majority of employers still providing over-goggles
Important new research from Specsavers
Corporate Eyecare reveals that over half (54%) of employers still provide
safety over-goggles to those who wear everyday glasses.
Product News
Employees benefit from Specsavers upskilling awareness in glaucoma - the silent thief of sight
ALL
Specsavers teams are being upskilled to better support patients with glaucoma –
the leading cause of irreversible sight loss.
Jim
Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, said:
‘Glaucoma is a s...
Product News
Employers not recognising smartphones as DSE
Research
issued today by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare reveals the extent of smartphone
use for work purposes but highlights the lack of related employee eyecare.
Product News
World Cancer Day, 4 February: the role of eyecare in screening
This World Cancer Day, Specsavers is calling for employers to review their eyecare policy and save lives
Product News
Specsavers celebrates Fujitsu win
Specsavers
Corporate Eyecare is proud to announce that household name, Fujitsu, is benefiting
from its trusted eyecare services.
Product News
SMEs failing to provide DSE eyecare
New figures from Specsavers Corporate Eyecare suggest there is a lack compliance among SMEs with the Health and Safety Display Screen Equipment regulations. The research shows that 44% of SMEs provide no eyecare at all to screen users, compared to 2...
Product News
Specsavers makes benefits road trip for Sky
As well as being Europe’s leading entertainment and communications business Sky is also a role model for employee benefits and wellbeing. To aid with communication and education, Sky has held a number of benefits fairs, to which Specsavers Corporat...
Product News
DSE compliance at just 10%
New figures from Specsavers Corporate Eyecare suggest there is a lack compliance with the Health and Safety Display Screen Equipment regulations. While the research, undertaken among over 500 senior decision makers from UK companies, shows a willing...
Product News
New-service success for Specsavers with ScotRail
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is celebrating the successful launch of a brand new eyecare service for ScotRail. The new Visual Acuity Assessment has been established by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare to meet the specific needs of Scotland’s railway all...
Product News
Do dark evenings put your workplace drivers at risk?
With driving for
work purposes having its risks, the clocks changing and the evenings drawing in
serves as a timely reminder for employers to make sure they are protecting
their staff.
Product News
Specsavers adds more exciting frame options to popular JCB range
With the new JCB range
of prescription safety glasses proving a huge success, Specsavers Corporate
Eyecare has added four new exciting frame options to the collection.
Styled to reflect a
modern, tough, sporty l...
Product News
New small business research from Specsavers and YouGov
The rise and rise of
DSE
….and what this means
for small businesses
The
latest research from Specsavers Corporate Eyecare today reveals the extent of Display
Screen Equipment (DSE) use in small b...
Product News
Employers need to consider employee use of smartphones in their DSE policies
New research, new thinking.
As
working patterns change, and smart phones and handheld devices are increasingly
used for a wide range of purposes, often to conduct everyday work, Specsavers
Corporate Eyecare suggests that employers ensure their ey...
Product News
Eye health crisis set to deepen
ONE in five people will live with sight loss in their lifetime despite at least half of all cases being avoidable, warns a new report published by charity Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and high street opticians Specsavers. qq...
Product News
16,000 JCB safety frames dispensed in three months
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is delighted to announce that in three months since the launch of its new range of JCB prescription safety eyewear, 16,000 frames have already been dispensed.
Product News
Offer Kylie to your employees
Best-selling designer specs brand Kylie Minogue Eyewear is now available to Specsavers
Corporate Eyecare clients, enabling them to offer the range to staff.
List your business for free
Create a business listing on the SHP directory
Get the SHP newsletter
The latest health and safety news and insights