Vision Series – Episode 5: Eye Clinic Liaison Officer

NCBI’s Vision Series Informational videos have released the final episode. It focuses on our ECLO – Eye Clinic Liaison Officer service which are based in acute hospital settings. This video demonstrates the value of supporting patients from the point of diagnosis onwards. This is by working in partnership with the consultant ophthalmologists, a comprehensive wrap around so support is available.

June Tinsley said: “Often when a person is diagnosed with a sight loss condition, it is overwhelming and confusing. That’s where ECLOs step in. They are there at the point of diagnosis to listen, explain and reassure people dealing with their sight loss. They also connect them with essential community-based services offered by NCBI, Fighting Blindness, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and Child Vision. This is so they can get any emotional, practical and technological support they require.”