The Jan Fairclough Ball, held in memory of the wife of our Charity Patron David Fairclough, saw an amazing £60,000 raised towards the hospital’s latest appeal, to fund an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) machine.
An OCT machine uses light waves to take cross-sectional images of the retina, which is the part of your eye that senses light and sends signals to your brain. The machine is so powerful that it can see through the different layers of your retina and capture detailed images of the structures inside.
Having an OCT machine on site would be a significant step forward for patients at The Walton Centre. It would provide more accurate diagnoses and better monitoring of eye conditions which are a part of many neurological conditions.
The 12th anniversary event, held at The Titanic Hotel in Liverpool, was hosted by TV presenter and radio broadcaster Steve Hothersall, with a welcome by the Fairclough family at the start of the evening, and a compelling presentation from Divis…