Guide for Practitioners published

This week we mailed copies of our new book The Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre: A Guide for Practitioners to any eye consultant who referred patients to our centre since January 2003. Around 400 specialists have sent us at least one patient, during this time. The consultants are based in hospitals all over the UK and Ireland. The guide itself has 62 pages and is illustrated in full colour.

Our guide will improve collaboration between our centre and the referring hospital. It advises on how to refer patients, participate in shared-care, and perform check-ups after patients are discharged from our hospital in Liverpool. Our guide also describes a wide range of ocular tumours and how these are diagnosed and treated.

The guide will enhance patient care by reducing delays and helping general eye specialists to manage patients with an ocular tumour more efficiently.

The publication of this guide was funded entirely from patient donations, through the Eye Tumour Research Fund.