Clinicians should be aware of the impact of eye disease on the person as a whole.

Emerging evidence suggests that about one-third of people with a visual impairment which would benefit from a magnifier have significant depressive symptoms.

How the Welsh Low Vision Service works to ensure everyone needing low-vision rehabilitation in Wales can access an effective service in a local optometry practice.

Subjects covered include: Intraocular lenses, visual fields,consent, the Welsh Low Vision Service and contact lens manufacture.

Articles cover: Low vision; HES case studies, a community ophthalmic service for the management of paediatric refractive eye problems; glaucoma co-management; contact lens devices in the management of corneal and ocular surface disease; and extended roles in hospital optometry.

A review the provision of current services and the proposals for change.

Innovative help for a patient with retinitis pigmentosa suffering from disability and discomfort glare.

The prevalence, clinical characteristics, pathogenesis and management of CBS.

This article explains the importance of magnifiers and guides the uninitiated through the implications of basic associated formulae.

This article examines the process of clinical audit of adult low vision rehabilitation services and current knowledge of evidence-based best practice.

Articles in this edition cover the role of contrast sensitivity measurement in patients with low vision, clinical audit cycle of low vision rehabilitation services,eye movements and vision in congenital nystagmus, essential skills for supervisors, corneal confocal microscopy versus specular microscopy in the evaluation of the corneal endothelium.

Evidence for the importance of measuring contrast sensitivity - specifically in patients with low vision.