Frimley ICB (East Berkshire, Surrey Heath and North East Hampshire and Farnham Service) funded services launch event

We are delighted to announce that Frimley ICB has awarded a further one-year contract to continue delivering the following services:

• • Glaucoma Repeat Readings Service (IOP only)

  • Enhanced Cataract Referral Service

  • Direct Wet AMD referral Service (N.B referrals on this service are processed through the “GOS 18” module on Opera)

These services, which have been successfully operating in Surrey over the past year, will now be expanded to reach across the rest of Frimley, to cover patients in East Berkshire.

We would like to invite colleagues to an online launch event for these services on Tuesday 6^th May 18.30 – 20.00

Please register for the event here

This event is suitable for those already providing the service(s) and those who are interested in doing so to find out more.

You can find out more about each service in the service summaries attached, and through the Opera Help Centre pages linked below:

Cataract Services – OPERA

Glaucoma Repeat Readings (GRR) and Glaucoma Enhanced Referral Service (GERS) Pathway Protocols – OPERA

GOS18 – How to refer a patient in OPERA – OPERA

How to provide the services

If the practice is already onboarded to Opera:

• • Check all services are ticked within the practice profile.

Practice Profiles – OPERA

• • Check all optometrists working in the practice are onboarded to Opera

Inviting a Practitioner to access your Practice Opera account – OPERA

Onboarding as a Practitioner for OPERA – OPERA

• • WOPEC codes to complete any required accreditation can be requested here.

If the practice is not onboarded to Opera:

Please refer to our practice onboarding guide here: Practice Onboarding – OPERA

Kind regards,

Berkshire LOC and Primary Eyecare Services