Eye bank at Moorfields to feature on BBC1's Inside Out

The work of Moorfields' eye bank is due to feature on BBC1's Inside Out programme on Monday 22 September at 7.30pm in the London region.

The programme goes behind the scenes in the eye bank to look at the work of the service and the importance of eye tissue donation in sight-saving surgery.

It shows the work of our corneal service, theatre staff and transplant surgical team as well as that of the eye bank team.

Two patients who have undergone surgery by consultant ophthalmologist Bruce Allan talk about their conditions and the difference the treatment has made to their lives, and the son of a donor relates how much it meant to his dad to know that his tissue was going to enable 10 sight-saving operations to take place.

Eye bank manager Khilan Shah explains the role of the eye bank and the process of donation; Bruce Allan talks about the surgery and how operations can be cancelled due to a lack of tissue; and fellow and MRC-funded researcher Maninder Bhogal highlights the research he is undertaking into new ways to prepare corneas for surgery using lasers.

If you can't watch the programme on Monday evening, don't worry - we'll be posting a link to the iPlayer version as soon as it becomes available.

The programme's airing coincides with National Eye Health Week 2014, during which Moorfields will be encouraging more people to sign up to the NHS organ donation register, so that we can continue to provide life-changing operations.  Look out for further information on our eye donation campaign page and via our Twitter and Facebook feeds.