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Advice and Information Service

Vista's Community Services Information Officer taking a telephone call.

For more information about this service please call:


0116 249 8839

 

This service aims to provide timely advice and information to visually impaired people visiting hospitals in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, to enable them to access appropriate support and to prevent a loss of independence.  The service also provides a helpline and single point of contact or  sign-post people to other agencies to enable them or their families to better cope with their sight loss and maintain their independence.

 

What is Vista’s Advice and Information Service?

 

Vista’s Advice and information service is located in the Ophthalmology out -patients clinics in the following hospitals;

 

  • The Leicester Royal Infirmary, and
  • Coalville
  • Hinckley
  • Loughborough
  • Market Harborough
  • Melton

 

How can the service help me?

 

  • You can receive information and advice about  the registration process,
  • Information relating to the other services available to you from Vista,
  • Practical and relevant advice on coping with sight loss
  • Sign-posting to other agencies who may be able to support you

 

Testimonials

 

‘I felt as though I had been thrown a lifeline by the advice worker in the hospital’

Miss J - Leicestershire

 

‘I have to express my sheer delight at the information officers at the hospital, I can say on good authority the staff employed by Vista are angels’

Mr F - Leicester

 

‘Knowing there is a person there to help me is so reassuring’

Mr C - Leicester

 

‘The person is so helpful; I know when I ring for help they will point me in the right direction’

Mrs L - Loughborough

 

 

Useful Links

 

Macular Disease Eye Condition Information

General Diabetes Information

Glaucoma Eye Condition Information

General Health Site Directory - NHS Direct

Nystagmus Eye Condition Infortmation

 

For further informtion or advice please contact 0116 249 8839 or e-mail: info@vistablind.org.uk


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