Paula Thomas

Paula is an Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) at Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

Paula provides any non-medical advice to parents, children and young adults around their visual impairment. 

Paula was once a patient at GOSH and reflects on how different the opportunities were for families at that time: “This was at a time when there was no internet and support was harder to find. For me, working here and helping families to learn and support their children is so important. Something my parents didn’t have when I was diagnosed with a visual impairment all those years ago. 

“I have been the ECLO here for 9 years and in that time I have watched my patients grow and fly, I am chuffed to think that I may have had some influence on them that has helped them and their families to always look for solutions and to find the support that they need.”