Paediatric Brain Injury & Vision Loss: Prof. Jane Ashworth, Consultant Ophthalmologist
By Professor Jane Ashworth, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Posted 11 March 2025
6 Minute Read
Vision loss following paediatric brain injury is often missed - but the consequences are medically and legally profound. In this on-demand session, Prof. Jane Ashworth explores how Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) influences causation, care needs, and compensation.
About the Speaker
Prof. Jane Ashworth is a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist with expertise in CVI, complex strabismus, and medico-legal reporting. She is known for her ability to translate complex ophthalmic findings into clear, actionable medico-legal opinion.
Key Medico-Legal Takeaways
- CVI often emerges late and is not ruled out by early vision assessments.
- Differentiating CVI from ROP is vital in premature birth cases to prove causation.
- Visual impairment impacts educational access, mobility, and care provision, all of which directly influence claim value.
- Ophthalmic expert evidence is essential to establishing prognosis, accommodation needs, and long-term functional outcomes.
Tags:
- Cerebral Visual Impairment
- CVI
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Paediatric Brain Injury
- Ophthalmic Expert Witness
- Visual Impairment
- High-Value CN Claims
Expert Disciplines:
- Ophthalmology
About The Author
Professor Jane Ashworth
Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Professor Jane Ashworth graduated from the University of Oxford in 1992 and began her career as an Ophthalmologist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH). She earned a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1999 and completed Fellowships in paediatric ophthalmology at Manchester and in strabismus at Walton Hospital, Liverpool. In January 2007, she joined the paediatric ophthalmology department at MREH as a consultant.
Her clinical expertise includes paediatric uveitis, neurometabolic disorders affecting the eye, and intraocular lens implantation in infants. She also has extensive experience managing ophthalmic consequences of paediatric brain injury.
Professor Ashworth has extensive experience providing medico-legal reports in paediatric ophthalmology, particularly in cases involving brain injury and cerebral visual impairment (CVI).
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