Diabetic Retinopathy Guidelines
The aim of the guidelines is to provide evidence-based, clinical guidance for the best management of different aspects of diabetic eye disease.
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.
OST Curriculum Supervisors Training Package
This resource is for supervisors to gain a better understanding of the changes in the new curriculum, know what trainees need to accomplish at each level and be able to complete EPA, MAR & GSAT forms. You will find a Curriculum Handbook, STP instructions for Trainers, a presentation for the Supervisors Training Package, as well as a series of exercises.
Commissioning Guidance - Age Related Macular Degeneration Services
This guidance is intended for use by commissioners, providers, social care, and users of the AMD services, including their families and carers. The guidance sets out the principles and recommended minimum standards of care for AMD to decrease variations of care across AMD services in England and Wales. This is based on best practice, the latest available evidence and is in line with published NICE guidance including NG 82 and associated Technology Appraisals
Emergency eye care in hospital eye units and secondary care
This document provides consensus guidance on good practice for urgent and emergency secondary ophthalmic care. Principles for such care delivered in the community are briefly outlined at the end of the document.
Ophthalmic Pathology
This ophthalmic services guidance gives guidance to ophthlamologists on the pathology services available to them, where these services are available and what support ophthalmic pathology services can provide ophthlamologists.
Intravitreal injections consent and checklist recommendations
RCOphth recommendations on informed consent for intravitreal injections and supporting documents, 1) Patient Agreement for Investigation or Treatment 2) Checklist on day of treatment 3) Site-and-Drug-Record-Intravitreal-Injections
Electronic Medical Records standards for UK ophthalmology services
Explores the components integral a good Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to support eye care and is particularly relevant to those organisations making procurement decisions.
Abusive Head Trauma and the Eye Executive Summary
A guideline to help ophthalmologists be familiar with clinical presentation, the differential diagnosis and controversies associated with attributing the presence or absence of retinal findings to abusive head injury in children.
Abusive Head Trauma and the Eye in Infancy
A guideline to help ophthalmologists be familiar with clinical presentation, the differential diagnosis and controversies associated with attributing the presence or absence of retinal findings to abusive head injury in children.