A charity supporting the blind and visually impaired in West Sussex is taking part in a major new NHS initiative in Sussex.

4Sight Vision Support (4SVS) will be working in partnership with East Sussex Vision Support to identify the issues faced by people living with sight loss.  The results will be fed back to the NHS, who have funded the initiative thanks to a grant from the NHS Sussex Health Inequalities fund. The fund was set up to combat avoidable and inequitable differences in health between different groups of people across Sussex.

Both charities are inviting blind and sight impaired people across the county to have their say and talk about their experiences with NHS services on what works well and what hasn’t worked well. Importantly this will allow 4SVS to make recommendations on positive change and demonstrate how NHS Sussex can break down barriers and improve access for patients.

Kirstie Thomas, CEO at 4Sight Vision Support, said: “This project brings us an exciting and important opportunity for the first time to help NHS Sussex to understand the experiences of sight impaired people, and we invite everyone to tell their story about accessing NHS services.”

4SVS provides free support, specialist information, advice and services to blind and sight impaired people of all ages, and their families and carers. For more information on how to have your say, please call 01243 828555 or email enquiries@4sight.org.uk.