This document summarises the key messages contained with the Royal College of Ophthalmologists guidance on Management of visual problems in people with learning disability. The aim of this document is to demonstrate how simple changes to practice will enhance the quality of care provided to people with learning disability. There are numerous personal accounts nationwide […]

This guidance document on the management of visual problems in people with learning disability aims to demonstrate how simple changes to practice will enhance the quality of care provided to people with learning disability. There are numerous personal accounts nationwide of ways in which ophthalmologists have been able to enhance the quality of life of […]

The Academy of Medical Royal College’s (AOMRC) understanding of Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) is that they reflect time spent undertaking teaching, training, education, CPD (including reading journals), audit, appraisal, research, clinical management, clinical governance, service development etc; activities that are essential to the long-term maintenance of the quality of the service but do not represent […]

This document describes a proposed data set for retinal detachment. The data set has been composed by a subcommittee of the Royal College Informatics and Audit Committee, comprising a representative selection of experts in retinal detachment working in a variety of healthcare environments across the UK.

There are a number of reasons for wanting to know how well a clinical service is working.  A commissioning organisation or a regulatory body may want evidence of quality to inform a commissioning decision or as part of an inspection.  A department may wish to know how well it is doing in comparison with another […]