MID-Dorset and North Poole MP Annette Brooke has backed a campaign calling for people diagnosed with sight loss to receive emotional support.
The Being There When It Matters campaign, by The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), was launched to ensure every eye department in the UK has access to a qualified sight loss advisor.
Mrs Brooke, who attended the launch of the campaign, said: “I think that it is vital that blind and partially sighted people receive quality and timely support to help them to adapt to their sight loss.
“Sight loss can have a profound impact upon a person’s life. Without the right support people can become unnecessarily isolated and can struggle to adapt.
“I support RNIB’s campaign for every eye department to have access to a sight loss advisor.”
RNIB’s chief executive officer Lesley-Anne Alexander said one hundred people in the UK begin to lose their sight every day.
“It is a profound injustice that the majority of people in this situation are not given any specialised support to help them through this extremely traumatic time,” she said.
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