Website aims to boost care

SeeAbility and the RNIB have launched an information service which aims to transform the quality of eye care for the 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability.

Look Up is a website (www.lookupinfo.org) designed to provide information for eye care professionals, people with a learning disability, their family carers and health and social care staff.

One in three people with a learning disability has a vision problem which often goes undetected, meaning that many are leading isolated lives and suffering from preventable vision loss, said the charities.

The site contains a searchable directory of eye care professionals including optometrists, orthoptists, hospital eye department services, low vision services and rehabilitation services for visually impaired people.