Cataracts: Help and Support

It shouldn’t be long after the operation before you can go about your normal life and any help you need with day-to-day tasks should be short-lived.
If you have any questions that you didn’t ask at the hospital you may want to contact the Royal National Institute of Blind people (RNIB).

Further information

Directgov
Website: www.direct.gov.uk
This government website has useful information under the headings ‘money, tax and benefits’, ‘caring for someone’ and ‘travel and transport’.

NHS Choices website: 
Website: www.nhs.uk
Cataract can be found in the Health A-Z section. Pages contain information about its diagnosis and treatment and there is an interview with a surgeon. He explains what happens during an operation to replace a cloudy lens and dispels some of the common myths about a cataract operation.

NHS Smokefree
Website: smokefree.nhs.uk
Helpline: 0800 0224 332
You will find information here on the help available if you’d like to give up smoking, no matter where you are on the journey - thinking about it, determined to stop or tried before and stopped but smoking again.

Royal National Institute of Blind People
Website: www.rnib.org.uk
Helpline: 0303 123 9999
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
The RNIB is a UK charity offering support and information to blind and partially sighted people.