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Eye Care Support Pathway; Guide Dogs - help with free running

We explore the eye care support pathway, a new process to assist people through all stages of sight loss. We probe concerns about the future of help to give guide dogs a free run.

The eye care support pathway is a framework developed by the RNIB and partners from across the sight loss sector. It aims to support people through the various stages of sight loss by helping them to understand those stages and signposting them to sources of assistance to navigate through each one. Rob Cooper, Director of Strategic Engagement at RNIB joins us to explain how the process will work, and Dr Peter Hampson, Clinical and Policy Director at the Association of Optometrists gives us an eye care professional's view.

Worried listeners have contacted In Touch with concerns that sighted support to enable guide dogs to go free running could be withdrawn. We speak to Mark Sanderson, Director of Skills, Information and Support at Guide Dogs to clarify the situation.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Fern Lulham
Production Coordinator: Pete Liggins

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