Measuring Levels of Harm in an Ophthalmic Setting
In this document we have developed a list of patient outcomes and associated consequence categories which aim to help guide the assessment of patient harm for ophthalmology patients
Standards & 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.
Cataract Consent Form
For adult patients with mental capacity to give valid consent to Cataract removal and new lens implant / Phacoemulsification and IOL
Measuring follow up timeliness and risk for performance reporting, improvement actions and targeting failsafe procedures in England
Recommended method for providers to measure delays to follow-up care using a patient administration system (PAS) field which can submit data to NHS Digital to assess national performance, provide data for managing individual patients and services, and allow reporting to commissioners and trust executive teams.
Genomics Services
This document is to keep members informed of developments with the UK genomics services. However, this is a very fast moving area with rapid developments driven at the national level. The information in this document is correct as at February 2020.
Guide to the RCOphth Review Service
On occasion, healthcare organisations may have concerns regarding some aspects of delivery of an ophthalmology service or they may wish to have an objective assessment of how their service is performing. Find out what the RCOphth Service Review can do for you.
Quality Standards of the care and service for children and young people
This quality standard has been developed by the RCOphth paediatric subcommittee, in conjunction with the College's Quality and Safety Group, to provide a self-assessment tool which focuses on service provision not outcomes. This is not an attempt to assess every aspect of service but try to focus on a small number of key areas. It is not expected that every clinical services will deliver every aspect as described, and the results should be used in conjunction with other methods of quality assessment to support learning and improvement.
WHO Cataract Surgery Checklist
Surgical checklists represent a relatively simple strategy for addressing surgical patient safety worldwide. The RCOphth have adapted the WHO surgical checklist for cataract surgery checklist for use within ophthalmic departments.
Ophthalmic Special Order Products
The Ophthalmic Special Order Products list relates to topical and oral ophthalmic agents. For injectable agents refer to Medusa injectable guide. The list is colour coded as follows: green for specials suitable for initiation by primary care; amber for specials initiated by secondary care and can be continued by primary care; red for specials prescribed by secondary care only.
Intravitreal injection therapy
Advice about performing all intravitreal injection therapy (IVT) as safely as possible, whilst supporting the requirement for innovative and efficient models of care to deal with the continuing increase in demand.