This is for anyone expecting to have an eye operation with a local anaesthetic. It does not give detailed information about specific eye operations but suggests where you can find out more.
First edition - February 2003
Second edition - August 2004
Third edition - May 2008
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| Development team (1st and 2nd editions) | |
| Dr Chandra Kumar | Consultant Anaesthetist, Specialist Leader |
| Mr Tim Dowd | Consultant Opthalmologist |
| Mrs Maureen Gamlin | Theatre Clerk |
| Mr Tom McDonagh | Theatre Porter |
| Mrs Shirley Moorse | Patient with experience of Local anaesthesia for the eye |
| Mrs Sue O'Higgins | Glaucoma Nurse Specialist |
| Mrs Sue Puckering | Ward Sister |
| Mrs Eileen Truman | Anaesthetic Sister |
| Mrs Vicky Walker | Theatre Staff Nurse |
| Miss Anna Mitman | Eye Health Information Service |
| Review team (3rd edition) | |
| Professor C Kumar | Consultant Anaesthetist, South Tees |
| Dr H Swales | Consultant Anaesthetist, Southampton |
| Representative from the Royal National Institute for the Blind | |
| Mrs Janette Roberts | Lay representative, RCoA Patient Liaison Group |