Bradford & Airedale Eyesight Trust

(BAET)

Supporting the Eye Departments of both Bradford Teaching Hospital and Airedale Hospital

About Our Charity

BAET is a registered charity, that has been set up to benefit those suffering from eye problems in the Bradford and Airedale area.

The charity supports the eye departments of Bradford Teaching Hospital and Airedale Hospital in a number of ways:

It provides equipment (not normally provided by the National Health Service) for the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases in the area.

It helps with funding and publishing of research into eye diseases

It helps fund the provision of visual aids for the blind and partially sighted.

It helps with the education and training of students, Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, and Optometrists intending to specialise in Ophthalmology.

How we have used the money previously

We are a registered charity, set up to provide support for the eye departments of both Bradford Teaching Hospital and Airedale Foundation Trust. We support by providing additional funds for equipment that otherwise would not be able to be purchased and help with funding training of various members of staff including, nurses, orthoptists and optometrists. To fund the charity we rely on donations from the public as well as arrange various fund raising activities through out the year.

These are some of the many diagnostic and treatment equipment purchased by BAET to date

Neo Fundus Retinal Imaging System Used to take images of the retina	Optos The optomap ultra-widefield retinal image is a unique technology that captures more than 80% of the retina in one panoramic image while traditional imaging methods typically only show 15% of the retina at one time. It is extremely important to view the retina especially in patients who are diabetic
ICare Measures the eye pressure and is particularly useful with younger patients	iCare Allows patients with glaucoma to measure their eye pressure at home
Pupillometer This instrument is used to measure the size of the pupil in the dark	Argon retinal laser Laser treatment to the back of the eye is extensively used in treating diabetic eye disease
corneal topographer This is a fundamental instrument used to measure the curvature of the cornea in patients with astigmatism and keratoconus	Scanmate B Scan Used to view the middle and back of the eye when the view is too cloudy
Pachmate Used to measure the thickness of the cornea

Equipment Purchased

Training of staff

Funds from the BAET have paid for an Optometrist to undertake an Independent Therapeutic Prescribing course. This allowed her to prescribe medications for a number of eye conditions and enabled her to expand the scope of her work within the eye department.

Current projects

At present we are looking to fund a number of projects

Bradford Macula Centre

One of the areas in ophthalmology we are looking to raise funds for is our ever espanding Bradford Macular Centre. The centre is based in Trinity Road, Bradford - opposite St Luke's Hospital. We are raising funds towards equipment to benefit both patients and visitors attending the centre.

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This will then mean we get an additional 25% on top of your donation at no extra cost to yourself.

Contact Us

Address:

BAET Administrator
c/o The Eye Department
Bradford Teaching Hospital
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ

Bradford & Airedale Eyesight Trust

(BAET)

About Our Charity

How we have used the money previously

Neo Fundus Retinal Imaging System

Used to take images of the retina

Optos

The optomap ultra-widefield retinal image is a unique technology that captures more than 80% of the retina in one panoramic image while traditional imaging methods typically only show 15% of the retina at one time. It is extremely important to view the retina especially in patients who are diabetic

ICare

Measures the eye pressure and is particularly useful with younger patients

iCare

Allows patients with glaucoma to measure their eye pressure at home

Pupillometer

This instrument is used to measure the size of the pupil in the dark

Argon retinal laser

Laser treatment to the back of the eye is extensively used in treating diabetic eye disease

corneal topographer

This is a fundamental instrument used to measure the curvature of the cornea in patients with astigmatism and keratoconus

Scanmate B Scan

Used to view the middle and back of the eye when the view is too cloudy

Pachmate

Used to measure the thickness of the cornea