Chapeltown Eye Health Project Dr. Andy Cassels-Brown Consultant Public Health Ophthalmology
Context & Background Low-uptake of NHS funded sight tests in Leeds Individuals presenting at clinics with late stages of glaucoma Lack of optical provision in Chapeltown High BME population in Chapeltown
What we did: Increasing awareness within specific communities – West Indian Carnival Glaucoma Awareness Week in Chapeltown – educating the community (free sight tests for everyone) Community eye health training sessions for front line staff Library project set-up
West Indian Carnival
Awareness Week
Eye Clinic
Working in partnership with the Leeds Libraries Community Health Educators engaging with the public Drop-in clinic Low cost frames / Free NHS prescriptions
Outcomes Data collection included: Age Ethnicity GOS1 eligibility / category Publicity
Age
Ethnicity
GOS1
Category – GOS1
Referral
Publicity
Future Directions: Leeds University research project Formal evaluation Increase GOS1 uptake in Leeds
Award Winning Project
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