Commissioning Guide for Glaucoma 2016
This guidance is a resource to assist commissioners, clinicians and managers deliver high quality and evidence and outcome-based glaucoma services across England and beyond.
Standards and guidance
Our range of high-quality guidance helps to maintain standards in the planning, practice and commissioning of patient care. Our clinical guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations across all aspect of care or of eye conditions; Concise Practice Points make recommendations for less frequent and targeted clinical situations, succinctly describing the scientific and clinical evidence alongside expert input to enhance clinician and patient decision making. Our Commissioning guidance supports eye units to develop services to meet local population needs.
Quality standard for people with sight loss and dementia in an ophthalmology department 2015
Many patients who attend ophthalmology departments also have dementia. This quality standard has been developed to help ophthalmology departments provide high quality care for these patients. It addresses staff training, support to participate in decisions about care, the design of clinical areas, waiting times and appointment durations, provision of information, assessment of vision and referral for support.
Eye Care for Adults with Learning Disabilities 2015
This ophthalmic service guidance provides advice on how to appropriately design services so that they are suitable for patients with learning disabilities and highlights some solutions to the difficulties that a service will need to overcome.
Macular Hole Data Set 2015
This document describes a proposed data set for macular hole surgery. The data set has been composed by a subcommittee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Informatics and Audit Sub-committee, comprising a representative selection of experts in vitreoretinal surgery working in different healthcare environments across the UK.
Quality Standards for Services for Patients with Learning Disabilities 2014
A quality improvement tool which can be used to assess the quality of a service and provide a snapshot audit of a department.
Guidelines for the Management of Strabismus in Childhood
This guideline is designed for ophthalmologists managing children with strabismus.
Local anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery
This guideline covers the management of paitent undergoing routine ophthlamic procedures which require local anaesthesia.
Retinal Detachment Data Set 2011
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.
The management of visual problems in people with learning disabilities 2011
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 people with learning disability. The impact of an intervention to improve sight should not be underestimated.