
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9172
Date Request Received: 19/01/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 11/03/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Services for Visually Impaired Patients
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: I am planning a Quality Improvement Project titled “Provision of Post-Operative Instructions in Braille Format for Visually Impaired Patients”. As part of this project, I would greatly appreciate your guidance and support in understanding: Ă Ă Ă1. Ă ĂThe services currently provided to visually impaired patients across all departments in the hospital. Ă | |
| Answer To Question 1: Unable to answer as question too broad. Asked Requestor to confirm if it was specifically Braille information provided for Post-Op Instructions, but did not receive an answer so unable to complete. | |
| Question Number 2: Ă Ă2. Ă ĂThe approximate number of visually impaired patients attending the hospital. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response in the spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: | |
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