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NEW Sustainable Ophthalmic Pathways – Cataracts
The new Sustainable Ophthalmic Pathways – Cataracts is a comprehensive guide for commissioners, providers and medical and healthcare professionals with up to date recommendations on delivering efficient and equitable ophthalmic services. The guide includes: Access to surgery, Pre-operative pathway, Cataract operating lists, Post-operative pathway, Quality standards and indicators, Standards and guidelines as well as patient
Eye Journal video celebrates 30 years of ophthalmology highlights
In case you missed the Eye journal video, accompanying the special edition celebrating the 30 years of the College, you can find it here. http://www.nature.com/eye/videos/index.html. The special edition comprised a series of review articles written by top experts in the field.
Innovating for Improvement £1.7m programme now open for applications – deadline 9 July 2018
The Health Foundation has £1.7 million available for up to 23 clinical teams through the latest round of our Innovating for Improvement programme. The funding can be used to test and develop innovative ideas and approaches to improve health and social care delivery in the UK. The Health Foundation is particularly interested in applications that
Public registration open to register to observe the Quality Standards Advisory committee meeting for serious eye disorders
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has opened the public registration facility to observe the Quality Standards Advisory committee meeting for serious eye disorders on the NICE website. Registration can be completed via https://www.nice.org.uk/event/qsac1-july-2018 and will close on Thursday 21 June 2018. NICE are not able to accept late requests to observe this meeting. As
National Tariff Consultation June 2018 – RCOphth, RNIB, IGA and Macular Society collaborate on response
In preparation for the National Tariff Consultation due to be released shortly, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and patient organisations; Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), International Glaucoma Association (IGA) and the Macular Society, have collaborated on key messages that will be used in response to the consultation. This group have written to NHS Improvement