In Touch - 23/02/2010

Many blind and partially-sighted people are not receiving medical information in a format they can access, despite guidance from PCTs that GPs practices should be providing Braille, large print or audio formats. Thena Heshel tells Peter about her recent experience at Moorfields Eye Hospital, where she was offered large print information sheets regarding glaucoma surgery and was impressed by the intitative of her surgeon. Keith Barton is the consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields and he tells Peter about the system he has initiated for his patients. Ellen Bassani's debut column about having her eyes tattood to take the hassle out of applying make up.