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In Touch: Cataracts Operation and Diversity Website

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26/06/2012

Cataracts Operation and Diversity Website

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Cataracts Operation and Diversity Website

PCTs rationing cataract operations and an inaccessible Diversity Awards website.

Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people. PCTs rationing cataract operations and an inaccessible invitation to the National Diversity Awards.

A Freedom of Information request sought by the RNIB shows over 50% of Primary Care Trusts are not following national guidelines for when cataracts should be operated on. We hear from a woman who waited six years to have her cataracts treated and the impact this had on her quality of life; and we ask Richard Smith of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists about the implications of prolonging cataract surgery.

An email invitation to the National Diversity Awards was sent to visually impaired people in an inaccessible format. Léonie Watson from British Computers Association of the Blind, and Paul Sesay from The Diversity Group discuss.

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