Uveitis

Uveitis (inflammatory eye disease) is a significant, but largely unrecognised cause of visual impairment in the United Kingdom. In the Western world, current incidences of uveitis vary between 38 and 200 per 100 000. [These reports do not differentiate sight-threatening uveitis from non-sight-threatening uveitis]. The proportion of people with uveitis with marked visual loss may be as high as 35%. Uveitis ranks fifth in the causes of legal blindness in the developed world, and is believed to be responsible for 10% of cases of visual loss in the age group of 20–60 years.

The Scottish Uveitis Network, was an informal collaboration of clinicians and patient organisations. They believed that the most effective way of ensuring high quality, equitable care for patients with uveitis in Scotland was through a National Managed Clinical Network. Through collaboration and multi-disciplinary working there will be a significant improvement in the outcome of people with sight-threatening uveitis. The network will ensure that a critical mass of expertise is generated enabling the delivery of care close to home with advice and more complex intervention provided, as necessary, by the specialist Ophthalmic Medicine Service currently provided by Aberdeen.

Annual Report

The most recent annual report for the Network is available below:

Uveitis National Managed Clinical Network Annual Report 2009/10 [17 pages, 376Kb]

Contact details:

Dr Graeme Williams, Lead Clinician
Ms Jenny Bruce, Network Manager

Service contact address:

Yorkhill Network Office
Queen Mother's Hospital
Dalnair Street
Glasgow
G3 8SJ

National Services Division contacts:

To contact members of NSD staff, please visit our staff contacts page.

James Steven, Programme Manager
Louise Wilson, Assistant Programme Manager
Jean Travers, Programme Support Officer