Proposing use of a single point of access model and other digital solutions for primary and secondary care within each integrated care system to overcome barriers to interoperability.
First published: 16 February 2026
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust innovated the use of SPARC (Single Point of Access and Referral Communication) to enable rapid clinical triage, two-way feedback between primary care refer
Last updated or reviewed: 1 July 2026
AI tools should be adopted in NHS settings via an iterative process, with services conducting regular audits, quality assurance and inclusive patient engagement.
First published: 1 February 2026
West Yorkshire’s digital eye care referral platform has sped up triage, cut unnecessary referrals and reduced admin, with nearly all optometry practices now using a secure single point of access.
First published: 1 December 2025
Support for the pathway, stressing uptake monitoring, early innovator-assessor dialogue, and safe, equitable AI adoption through audit, QA and patient engagement.
First published: 5 August 2024
AI can transform ophthalmology services, and its adoption must be safe, equitable, clinically led, with regular audit, patient engagement, digital integration, workforce capacity and robust governance
First published: 1 May 2024
Clinical data set for intraocular pressure lowering procedures in glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
Last updated or reviewed: 1 May 2024
Clinical dataset for children and adults with strabismus. Defines the core variables for assessment, surgery and follow-up so services can record consistent information for audit, and outcomes .
Last updated or reviewed: 1 February 2021
Clinical dataset for services caring for people with late age-related macular degeneration.
Last updated or reviewed: 1 July 2019
Clinical dataset for uveitis care. It sets out a minimum and extended dataset to support consistent recording of classification, disease activity, complications and treatment for audit, benchmarking,
Last updated or reviewed: 1 October 2018
Data set for corneal cross-linking in keratoconus and related ectasia. It defines the core variables for assessment, surgery and follow-up so services can collect consistent data.
Last updated or reviewed: 1 July 2016
Clinical dataset for idiopathic full thickness macular hole surgery. It defines the core variables for assessment, surgery and outcomes so services can collect consistent data for audit, benchmarking,
Last updated or reviewed: 1 October 2014
Clinical dataset for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. It defines the core variables for assessment, surgery and final outcomes.
Last updated or reviewed: 1 September 2010