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This case study describes the development of best practice guidelines about the issues facing people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities with sight loss who would benefit from vision services (as well as suggesting ideas to improve BME access to vision services); contributions to the development of the UK's Vision2020 strategy to transform the UK's eye health, eye care and sight-loss services; and involvement in/evaluation of a major (£6million+) investment programme by RNIB for a series of `community engagement projects' to address inequalities in eye health/care across the UK and affecting policy development in Wales & Scotland.
Middlesex University's Applied Health Psychology research on Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) has impacted in three areas. First, all Parental Order Reporters and accredited Infertility Counsellors in the UK are exposed to the research through standard professional training and practice materials. Secondly, research has informed Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) policy on surrogacy and gamete donation. Thirdly, HFEA-commissioned research on elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET) and stakeholder group membership has contributed to national guidelines, resulting in decreased numbers of embryos transferred in UK clinical practice, dramatically reducing multiple births and associated maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.