Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 22/01/2025CVI is an imperfect system for many reasons. But we need to understand why there is a difference. Are more people offered certifications in Wales? Is the increase in diabetic retinopathy CVIs due to diabetes care, screening, treatment? Questions that really need answering. 000
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Higher risk for certification for visual impairment (CVI) in Wales compared to England due to any Cause (1.09 95%CI 1.07, 1010). Since 2016 - increase in CVI's due to diabetic retinopathy in Wales from 47.1 to 55.5 per 100,000 people. 100
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 22/01/2025New paper from our group: Trends in certifications of overall vision impairment and that due to diabetic retinopathy/maculopathy in England and Wales, 2009/2010 to 2019/2020: a retrospective database analysis bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...bmjopen.bmj.com 100
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Great way to start the year with a manuscript I’ve spent a full 12 months trying to get published being accepted! 🎉 Yes 1 year this has been doing the rounds with journals. Plus the previous years of analysis, writing & co-author reviews. Publications don’t happen over night 030
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 24/12/2024It’s a 🎂 & 🍾 kinda day! Another trip around the Sun that not everyone is lucky enough to make. Will spend the day with family celebrating, laughing & having fun. 010
Reposted by Dr Rebecca (Becky) ThomasDr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Did you know a complication of #Diabetes is diabetic retinopathy. Left untreated this can lead to sight loss. Diabetes is a condition with numbers: glucose, insulin, carbohydrate. But what if you can't see the numbers? #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 1124
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Pretty difficult sector to work in currently. List is only Russell group unis pretty much all are in similar if not worse positions 220
Reposted by Dr Rebecca (Becky) ThomasIain Broome @iainbroome.com · 21/11/2024Excellent guide to making accessible PowerPoint presentations here from the Welsh government, no less. Covers arranging slides, image accessibility, colours and styles, slides for people with Dyslexia and alternative formats. 🏴 👍gov.walesHow to create accessible PowerPoint presentations | GOV.WALESInstructions for improving the accessibility of PowerPoint presentations. 26735
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 20/11/2024This was sooooo much fun to do. Loved joining @diabeteschat.bsky.social and what a line up this month to be part of! Catch up on YouTube! #DiabetesAwarenessMonth 081
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 20/11/2024FARSight-DM recruited its first participants today! We’re looking at a new pathway for the management of diabetic maculopathy & pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the community instead of hospitals in Wales. 010
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 20/11/2024That’s Amazing hopefully there’s charities like you guys in all areas. Are there any aids you find most useful? Or any you could recommend to help with diabetes management? I’m keen to learn more on this to advise diabetes teams what’s available 110
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024People with sight loss need diabetes to be accessible so they can manage as independently as possible. The challenge to diabetes companies whether you make insulin, pens, pumps, CGM or HCL is: Can you #SeeTheNeed so that no one is #LeftBehind 020
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024There are devices available that can help people with sight loss to see and read: 🔎Magnifiers 📚text readers 💬speech and magnification software But these can be expensive 💷 #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 110
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Some things that can help and be built into technology/apps: High contrast allows more people with sight loss to see. Coloured needles and tubes - why is everything black/white/clear? Prefilled pump cartridges flashing lights #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 110
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024People with sight loss are worried if they speak up about their difficulties their diabetes technology will be removed. They are excluded or become disengaged in clinic because they can't see what HCPs are trying to show them. #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 100
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024In 2024 when innovation is everywhere why are people living with sight loss still counting clicks? Alarms are great but do they all sound the same? Can you tell the difference between high/low glucose alarm? Text to speak can't read TIR as it's a graph #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 100
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024A survey @SwanseaMedicine found: 96% of HCPs had difficulty finding technology for people with sight loss All HCPs thought diabetes self management would improve if technology was more accessible #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 100
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Diabetic retinopathy is not the only eye condition that causes sight loss in people with diabetes They are also at higher risk of cataracts, glaucoma, AMD 3.2 million people globally have moderate to severe sight loss due to diabetic retinopathy #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 100
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Did you know a complication of #Diabetes is diabetic retinopathy. Left untreated this can lead to sight loss. Diabetes is a condition with numbers: glucose, insulin, carbohydrate. But what if you can't see the numbers? #SeeTheNeed #LeftBehind 1124
Dr Rebecca (Becky) Thomas @beckylt09.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Hey 👋 Just joined will take a little while to work things out. Content you’ll see from me is diabetes related & eye health 👀 Also doggos 🐶 & general whinging 🙈 140