The Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) can provide you and your family with support and advice, and can identify which services can best meet your needs including:
- Further information about your eye condition
- Emotional support
- Living with sight loss and remaining independent
- Low vision services
- Employment advice
- Benefits and concessions advice
- Signposting to local and national support services
Some people with sight loss are eligible for registration as Sight Impaired (SI) or Severely Sight Impaired (SSI), and the ECLO can provide advice and information about the benefits of registration and help you with this process.
The ECLO for the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is:
SARAH CALLOWAY,
01270 278040 (answer machine available to leave a message)
Sarah.calloway@mcht.nhs.uk
NORMAL WORKING HOURS TUESDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
Useful Links:
Blind Veterans https://www.blindveterans.org.uk/
Cheshire East Live Well https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/livewell/livewell.aspx
Cheshire West Live Well https://www.livewell.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/
Diabetes UK https://www.diabetes.org.uk/
East Cheshire Eye Society https://eastcheshireeyesociety.org.uk/
Esmes Umbrella Visual Hallucinations https://charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk/
Glaucoma UK https://glaucoma.uk/
Guide Dogs https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/
Headway https://www.headway.org.uk/
Macular Society https://www.macularsociety.org/
Multiple Sclerosis Trust https://www.mstrust.org.uk/
Nystagmus Network https://nystagmusnetwork.org/
Retina UK https://retinauk.org.uk/
RNIB https://www.rnib.org.uk/
Shropshire Live Well https://livewell.telford.gov.uk/Services/1269/Shropshire-Recovery
Sightline UK https://www.sightline.org.uk/
Staffordshire Live Well https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Business/Workplace-health/Healthy-lifestyle-support-Everyone-Health-Staffordshire.aspx
Stroke Association https://www.stroke.org.uk/about-us/contact-us
Vision Support http://visionsupport.org.uk/
