The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is delighted to announce that the National Ophthalmology Database Audit (NOD) has received further funding for 2020.

As the voice of the profession, we work closely with our members, partners across the eye care sector and policymakers to improve public policy so key challenges facing ophthalmology services across the UK are recognised and addressed.  Since our last roundup, we:  Responded to the government’s national conversation on its forthcoming 10 Year Health Plan […]

Most ophthalmology services are delivered in a planned way, but eye casualty attendances are estimated to be 20-30 per 1000 population each year. Accident and emergency departments will be able to triage and manage some conditions, but many complex sight-threatening emergencies will need to be managed by ophthalmologists with the wider multidisciplinary eye care team. […]

Despite there being approximately 3,000 surgeons performing cataract surgery in the UK, the NOD Cataract Audit had not flagged up any active surgeon who was an outlier for their complication rates since inception a decade ago. This is primarily because of the statistical definitions applied in the previous version of the Cataract Audit Outlier Policy. […]

We are calling on all those involved in funding and running national clinical audits to support our campaign #makemydatacount.