Dr Jane Macnaughton

Jane worked initially within the hospital eye service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London before joining the teaching staff at City, University of London.

Jane currently works with children and young adults with learning disabilities and patients of all ages with vision impairment within the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Jane is also an experienced Examiner for the College of Optometrists' Scheme for Registration.

Jane has published two successful textbooks for low vision practitioners and vision rehabilitation specialists: Eye Essentials, Low Vision Assessment (2005), and The Practical Management of Visual Impairment (2018).

In 2019 Jane joined the staff at ARU as a Senior Lecturer and is a member of the Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Group.

• Rehabilitation needs of adults with visual impairment.
• Referrals of paediatric patients from primary eyecare services into the Hospital Eye Service.

• Rukaiya Anwar, Writing: a key unmet rehabilitation need for older adults with acquired visual loss? Funded by the College of Optometrists (second supervisor).
• Dr Andrew Miller (2025), Assessing the costs and benefits of innovative low vision aids. Funded by the Macular Society (second supervisor).

• BOptom (Hons) Optometry
• MOptom Optometry (Integrated)
• Ophthalmic Dispensing FdSc (Registerable Award)
• BSc Ophthalmic Dispensing (Registerable Award)

• PhD, Anglia Ruskin University
• Fellow, Advance HE
• PG Cert (HE), Anglia Ruskin University
• FCOptom: Fellowship, College of Optometrists
• Professional Certificate in Low Vision, The College of Optometrists
• BSc (Hons) Optometry; City, University of London
• BSc Anatomy; University of Aberdeen

Current:

• Fellow, College of Optometrists
• Member, Association of Optometrists
• Examiner, College of Optometrists
• College of Optometrists' Editing and Writing Group for the Scheme for Registration
• Registration & Professional Standards Committee, Rehabilitation Workers' Professional Network
• General Optical Council CPD Reviewer
• RNIB Low Vision Service Framework group

Previous:

• Trustee, The Benevolent Fund of the College of Optometrists & the Association of Optometrists
• College of Optometrists representative on the Vision UK Early Intervention and Enablement Committee
• College of Optometrists Council representing East Midlands Region
• General Optical Council Hearings Panel Member
• General Optical Council CET Approver
• Low Vision Consensus Group, RNIB

Anwar, R., Macnaughton, J., & Latham, K. (2026). “Exploring the Writing and Typing Needs of Older Adults with Acquired Vision Loss: A Qualitative Study of Challenges and Adaptive Strategies.” Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, (2026) 1-12.

Miller, A., Crossland, M. D., Macnaughton, J., & Latham, K. (2025). The usefulness of a wearable electronic vision enhancement system for people with age-related macular degeneration: a randomized crossover trial. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 14(9), 8-8.

Miller, A., Macnaughton, J., Crossland, M. D., & Latham, K. (2025). ‘Such a lot of bother’: Qualitative results of a home trial of a wearable electronic vision enhancement system for people with age‐related macular degeneration. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 45(3), 699-712.

Macnaughton, J., Latham, K. Emotional health difficulties of adults with vision impairment entering a low vision rehabilitation service in England (presentation). BCOVS, Cambridge, 2024.

Miller, A., Macnaughton, J., Crossland, M. D., & Latham, K. (2024). “I’m like something out of star wars”: a qualitative investigation of the views of people with age-related macular degeneration regarding wearable electronic vision enhancement systems. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46(19), 4476-4485.

Miller, A., Crossland, M.D., Macnaughton, J. and Latham, K., (2023). Are wearable electronic vision enhancement systems (wEVES) beneficial for people with age‐related macular degeneration? A scoping review. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.

Latham, K. and Macnaughton, J. (2022) 'Is patient identification of ‘comfortable’ print size a useful clinical parameter for low vision reading assessment?', Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 42(3), pp. 482-490.

Macnaughton, J., Vianya-Estopa, M. and Latham, K. (2022) 'Change in rehabilitation needs and activity limitations over time of adults with acquired visual impairment following entry to a low vision rehabilitation service in England', Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 42(3), pp. 491-503.

Macnaughton, J., Latham, K. and Vianya-Estopa, M. (2019) 'Rehabilitation needs and activity limitations of adults with a visual impairment entering a low vision rehabilitation service in England', Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 39, pp. 113-126.

Macnaughton, J., Latham, K. and Vianya-Estopa, M. (2019) Changes in rehabilitation needs of adults with acquired visual impairment following entry to a low vision rehabilitation service in England (presentation). ESLRR, Manchester, 2019.

Macnaughton, J. (2018) The Practical Management of Visual Impairment. Melton Mowbray: CLEARVIEW Training.

Macnaughton, J., Latham, K. and Vianya-Estopa, M. (2018) Principal difficulties facing patients with acquired vision loss (poster). Optometry Tomorrow, The College of Optometrists, 2018.

Macnaughton, J., Latham, K. and Vianya-Estopa, M. (2018) Activity limitations and rehabilitation needs of visually impaired adults entering low vision rehabilitation in England (presentation). BCOVS, Cambridge, 2018.

Macnaughton, J. and Latham, K. (2017) 'Assessment of central visual functions in patients with low vision: a review of commonly used tests and strategies', Optometry in Practice, 18(2), pp. 63-72.

Latham, K. and Macnaughton, J. (2017) 'Low-vision rehabilitation needs of visually impaired people', Optometry in Practice 18(2), pp. 103-9.

25th Nottingham Eye Symposium and Research meeting 2023: Rehabilitation in Visual Impairment - challenges and opportunities

Janet Silver Memorial Lecture, Hospital and Speciality Optometrists Conference 2023: 30 years on from the urban low vision clinic – the changing habits of low vision practitioners