Communication gaps highlighted in macular research

^{Cathy Yelf, chief executive at the Macular Society}

Research carried out by the Macular Society identified a gap in communication between eye care professionals (ECPs) and their patients when diagnosed or considered at risk of macular disease.

The charity’s two surveys focused on how macular disease affects patients and found a difference in what ECPs think they say to patients and what patients actually remember.

Cathy Yelf, chief executive at the Macular Society, said: ‘It’s vital people with macular disease are helped to understand their diagnosis, what their treatment will be, if there is any, and that they are effectively directed to support outside their clinical care.’