Early reach research

Many people who have just received a diagnosis of irreversible sight loss have to start on a traumatic journey on their own. We want to ensure that by 2014 there is proper emotional and practical support available for everyone losing their sight, at the point of diagnosis of their condition.

Certification and Registration Processes

Certification and registration are important processes, which bring together health and social care for blind and partially sighted people. This research documents certification and registration processes from the perspective of professionals and patients, examining the relationship between health and social care and highlighting the related barriers and enablers.

Innovation and quality in services: Eye Clinic Liaison Officers

Eye care service providers face the challenge of addressing increasing visual impairment at the same time as seeking to improve access to treatment and health outcomes. Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLOs) are an innovative way of supporting eye care services, making excellent use of available eye care resources and providing high quality and patient-centred services.

The role of eye clinic liaison officers

In 2009 RNIB commissioned researchers at City University London to conduct the first evaluation of the ECLO role

Low vision service model evaluation project (LOVESME)

This research investigates the benefits for people with visual impairment of an integrated low vision and rehabilitation pathway, determining whether this integrated approach has additional benefits for users, when compared to standard low vision and rehabilitation care.

Low vision service outcomes

A report that investigates the benefits for of an integrated low vision and rehabilitation pathway, and to determine whether this integrated approach has additional benefits for users, to standard low vision and rehabilitation care. Published 2009.

Last updated: 20 February 2013

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