The following provides an excellent case study of a patient transferring from children’s services to adult’s services in Liverpool and the role played by the ECLO: X says that meeting with the ECLO has taken a lot of stress out of her “Miss everyday life and if she is anxious she is confident that I am at the end of the phone. If she has any concerns I am more than happy to accompany Miss X to hospital appointments.” ECLO, Royal Liverpool Hospital Habilitation and rehabilitation available on a free and timely basis for as long as needed to learn or relearn key life skills including mobility; Rehabilitation Lead organisation: RNIB In July 2016, RNIB launched principles of good practice in vision ’10 rehabilitation’. These principles were co-produced with over 130 blind and partially sighted people and sight loss professionals. The principles set out what blind and partially sighted people should receive when accessing vision rehabilitation. RNIB’s See, Plan, Provide campaign was launched in 2016. Part of the campaign calls on local authorities to ensure adequate funding for vision rehabilitation as part of their budget setting process. The campaign calls for: See: everyone with a visual impairment must receive a specialist face to face assessment. Plan: everyone must have a plan in place, identifying the outcome of their assessment. The first two steps must take place within 28 days of first contact with the local authority. Provide: any agreed vision rehabilitation support must start within 12 weeks of the person’s initial contact with the local authority. A Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standard has been in development in 2016/17. RNIB, Birmingham City University and VISION 2020 UK have worked with 10 sight loss and eye health sector employers to shape the rehabilitation apprenticeship standard. The Standard could be a key factor in increasing the
The following provides an excellent case study of a patient transferring from children’s services to adult’s services in Liverpool and the role played by the ECLO: “Miss X says that meeting with the ECLO has taken a lot of stress out of her everyday life and if she is anxious she is confident that I am at the end of the phone. If she has any concerns I am more than happy to accompany Miss X to hospital appointments.” ECLO, Royal Liverpool Hospital Habilitation and rehabilitation available on a free and timely basis for as long as needed to learn or relearn key life skills including mobility; Rehabilitation Lead organisation: RNIB In July 2016, RNIB launched ’10 principles of good practice in vision rehabilitation’. These principles were co-produced with over 130 blind and partially sighted people and sight loss professionals. The principles set out what blind and partially sighted people should receive when accessing vision rehabilitation. RNIB’s See, Plan, Provide campaign was launched in 2016. Part of the campaign calls on local authorities to ensure adequate funding for vision rehabilitation as part of their budget setting process. The campaign calls for: See: everyone with a visual impairment must receive a specialist face to face assessment. Plan: everyone must have a plan in place, identifying the outcome of their assessment. The first two steps must take place within 28 days of first contact with the local authority. Provide: any agreed vision rehabilitation support must start within 12 weeks of the person’s initial contact with the local authority. A Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standard has been in development in 2016/17. RNIB, Birmingham City University and VISION 2020 UK have worked with 10 sight loss and eye health sector employers to shape the rehabilitation apprenticeship standard. The Standard could be a key factor in increasing the
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