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Use of private providers damaging NHS eye care, survey reveals
The independent sector should be commissioned to provide more NHS outpatient appointments, rather than just be focused on cutting cataract waiting lists, the president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Glaucoma patient pathways guidance
The College of Optometrists and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists have developed guidance in response to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NG81 Glaucoma: diagnosis and management guidance to enable high-quality care for glaucoma patients, using the wide range of professional skills available. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - May 26, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Delivering patient eye care services during and beyond COVID-19
The College of Optometrists and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists have developed a joint vision that sets out principles and recommendations for the development and governance of high quality eye care services that involve other key policy and commissioning organisations. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 25, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Ophthalmology and Optometry: Our vision for safe and sustainable patient eye care services in England during and beyond COVID-19, College of Optomotrists
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and The College of Optometrists have developed a joint vision to support our workforce and the commissioning of safe and sustainable eye care services that meet the needs of all patients, improving patient care and outcomes during and beyond the pandemic. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Restarting and Redesigning of Cataract Pathways in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, GIRFT
This document provides generic guidance on the restarting of cataract services. Individual eye departments should tailor this guidance, taking into account their staffing, infrastructure, the needs of their local population as well as the expectations of local commissioners and regional NHS organisations. Published by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Use of non-contact tonometry to measure intra-ocular pressure during COVID-19, The College of Optometrists
This guidance has been developed by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and the College of Optometrists (CoO) in response to the pandemic and may be subject to change. We advise that, for both primary and secondary care settings, it is acceptable to restart the use of air puff tonometry, after undertaking a local risk assessment and whilst continuing to follow infection control and other guidance related to COVID-19 in optometric and ophthalmic settings. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can coronavirus affect eyesight? Evidence is lacking, say experts
Medics including Royal College of Ophthalmologists say cases of impaired vision alongside coronavirus infection ‘rare’See all our coronavirus coverageSpeaking to the press on Monday, Dominic Cummings said he drove, with his wife and child, on a 30-mile trip to Barnard Castle during lockdown to see if he could drive safely, concerned that his eyesight might have been affected by coronavirus.In a press conference later the same day, Boris Johnson also claimed to have experienced problems with his eyesight following Covid-19, brandishing a pair of glasses and saying: “I’m finding that I have to wear spectacles for the...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Dominic Cummings Coronavirus outbreak Doctors Health Medical research UK news Science Infectious diseases Society Source Type: news

Viral conjunctivitis and COVID-19, The College of Optometrists
A joint statement from The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and College of Optometrists. Updated 19th May. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19 Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)
NHS England and NHS Improvement has worked with the College of Optometrists and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists to develop a clinically endorsed COVID-19 Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) that will achieve two key objectives (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - May 6, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Medical Retinal Management Plans during COVID-19, RCOphth
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has produced guidance as a pragmatic approach to maintain care for those patients who need it while deferring care for those patients who can wait. Individual eye departments may institute their own guidelines. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cochrane Eyes and Vision celebrates 21 years of high quality evidence
Cochrane Eyes and Vision is an international network of individuals working to prepare, maintain, and promote access to systematic reviews of interventions to treat or prevent eye diseases or visual impairment. They also do systematic reviews of the accuracy of diagnostic tests for common ocular diseases or conditions.Cochrane Eyes and Vision registered as a Cochrane group in April 1997. Since that time, they have published 264 protocols of which 187 (71%) have been converted to full reviews:41 of these reviews have been updated once;21 have been updated twice;13 three times; and7 reviews updated four or more times.To cele...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 1, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Two thirds of eye units restricting access to cataract surgery
Commissioners are ignoring NICE guidance, says Royal College of Ophthalmologists Related items fromOnMedica Eye problems Hopes for early warning glaucoma detector STPs can help CCGs deliver eye care at scale Ongoing concerns that cataract surgery being cut to save cash (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 10, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Commissioning guide for paediatric screening
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has published its latest advice on commissioning of ophthalmic services for children. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 2, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Meeting demand for eye services
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has published a resource for ophthalmic teams, hospital managers and commissioners that are seeking to develop sustainable ways of working to meet the increasing demand in ophthalmic services. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 2, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Cataract patients face postcode lottery of waiting times for NHS cataract treatment
This report highlights differences in waiting times for NHS cataract treatment across Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in 2015/16. The RNIB is calling for all CCGs to implement the Royal College of Ophthalmologists cataract commissioning guidance to ensure patients are given the best and most appropriate care, in a timely manner. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news