{"id":42411,"date":"2023-07-10T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22473"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:07:23","slug":"eclo-services-are-increasingly-vital-to-hospital-eye-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/eclo-services-are-increasingly-vital-to-hospital-eye-clinics\/","title":{"rendered":"ECLO services are increasingly vital to hospital eye clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wrapper wrapper--large\">How RNIB&#8217;s ECLO service is becoming increasingly vital to hospital eye clinics<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wrapper wrapper--small\">\n<div class=\"article__details\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">As the NHS gears up to celebrate its 75th anniversary, here at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), we\u2019re highlighting the vital role of our Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) who right now, are supporting thousands of patients with sight loss in NHS eye clinics across the UK.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sf sf--padding\">\n<div class=\"wrapper wrapper--small\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper wrapper--small\">\n<h2 id=\"eclo-services\" class=\"sf-heading heading--3\">ECLO Services<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sf sf--padding\">\n<div class=\"wrapper wrapper--small\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p data-block-key=\"9vw10\">Since 1994, RNIB\u2019s Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) have become a crucial support service for those attending eye clinics at NHS hospitals and eye clinics across the UK.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"an8hf\">They are at the point of need for patients who have been recently diagnosed with an eye condition or experienced trauma, which may lead to a partial or complete loss of sight. At such a vulnerable time, ECLOs provide much-needed emotional support for the patient, their families and carers. On a practical level, an ECLO can help patients access social care services and benefits through the certification process (Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) form).<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2vr87\">ECLOs also help with the continuity of care and the running of outpatient clinics, providing additional capacity to the continuing crisis of the overwhelmed hospital eye service (HES). Working alongside ophthalmologists and the eye clinic staff, they enable more patients through the system with sensitivity and care.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"d53go\">Today RNIB employs 126 ECLOs working with patients across 213 sites of 104 hospitals.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"c48e0\">The first RNIB ECLO was employed in 1994 at Rotherham Hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1n2gm\">By 2007 RNIB employed nine ECLOs on one-year renewable contracts.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3m9h\">In 2017, RNIB staff identified the top 100 eye departments and set a target to see an ECLO service in every single one whether delivered by RNIB, the NHS or a charity partner. Now only 20 of the 100 remain to be filled.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7nld2\">Over the next two years RNIB aims to deploy ECLOs across these remaining hospitals so that by 2025\/26, we will have a presence in them all.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"aiu23\">In 2022\/23 more than 60,000 patients were supported by RNIB ECLOs and ECLOs administered more than 9,000 Certificates of Vision Impairment.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"mlp3\"><b>Mark Chapman is an ECLO<\/b>\u00a0at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He said: \u201cI&#8217;m not scared of emotions &#8211; if someone comes in here and they&#8217;re angry, scared or emotional, then I\u2019m not fazed by that. Being accepting of how someone feels is important. Patients can have a very similar eye condition; one person is absolutely independent, while others feel utterly destroyed. I try to get patients up to the level where they feel confident to make their own decisions and live independently.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"eclo-patient\" data-block-key=\"44oao\">ECLO patient:<\/h3>\n<p data-block-key=\"2n6a2\">\u201cI felt like she really understood what I needed and made me feel stronger than I was before I spoke to her. It was just what I needed, and I thought the service I got from her was wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"eclo-patients-family-member\" data-block-key=\"7jaf4\">ECLO Patient\u2019s family member:<\/h3>\n<p data-block-key=\"49cqs\">\u201cIt&#8217;s been a life-changing support because as a carer for my father, I&#8217;m not always informed about what is out there for him, so I found that a great help. I thought it was a very valuable service for both of us and has really helped us in more than one way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECLOs have become a crucial support service for those attending eye clinics <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":21859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2966],"tags":[2967],"class_list":["post-42411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-health-well-being","tag-rnib"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECLO services are increasingly vital to hospital eye clinics - My Local Optician<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) have become a crucial support service for those attending eye clinics at NHS hospitals and eye clinics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/eclo-services-are-increasingly-vital-to-hospital-eye-clinics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECLO services are increasingly vital to hospital eye clinics - 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