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‘Our vision is probably the one sense people fear losing the most,’ says Professor William Ayliffe, a consultant ophthalmologist at The Lister Hospital, London, who lectures widely on the prevention of blindness. ‘Yet, few people give much thought to protecting their sight.’ In fact, 20 million of us in the UK don’t get our eyes tested regularly, according to the Eyecare Trust.