UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Referral is at the moment the only option & as I said previously it seems the most effective way of doing this is via a new eye test via a high st optician leading to a fresh referral to a different hospital. Something the QE should be offering to do anyway. Private is a necessary short term mea...

No change at the Q.E. I recently phoned the new head of department and left a message to see if there had been any progress and guess what, I've heard nothing back whatsoever. Also my appointment for January was cancelled with no sign of a new one. Interestingly enough whilst at a Boots contact fit ...

Could it be some pockets of trapped air underneath the lens causing the halos/ghosting?

Hi Natalienb, Like yourself I first got an inkling something was wrong when having to cancel my appointment in summer, the next one they offered me was January 2018. It is wrong when someone like yourself has to consider going private just in order to get seen, I feel they are forgetting about us, t...

I'd be interested if there are any other forum members currently suffering from the fall out at the Q.E. hospital outpatient Ophthalmology department in Birmingham. The basis for that as far as I can work out is a dept reorganisation with a new head of dept. Unfortunately what this means is there is...

Thanks Anne,

If I'm not working I'll certainly go along.

Nick

Hi, I'm Nick & I've had Kera in my left eye for some 36 ish years which I've been managing with a variety of RGP's (when they decide to stay in my eye & not go on a little pavement holiday that is). I'm interested in where Birmingham Kera patients get seen - I've been under the excellent Mr ...