Clinical Update Nov 2021
29 November 2021
The new End to end cataract pathway launch has been postponed. There are still a few loose ends to tie up in the background, but I guess on the plus side, it gives us more time to get ready and get all practices signed up and ready to go on OPERA. If you still need codes for WOPEC Cataract, or haven’t watched the recording of the education event yet, please get in touch with us at the LOC.
Please remember that due to PLCV Criteria, Optoms cannot directly refer Chalazions into HES.They need to be referred via the GP so that they can gain Prior Approval. If you have a stubborn chalazion that is affecting life/vision and not responding to first line treatment of heat and massage over a long period of time, you should refer in via GP.
Childrens’ Vision Screening in Derbyshire County has been decommissioned. The last year to be screened was the 2019/20 academic, so we have two years that have not received a reception year vision check. DCC are in the process of sending out a letter advising that these children attend a local Optometrist for a full GOS sight test and be prescribed, referred or discharged as per normal. This will be a potentially large volume of children and we have made our concerns known for multiple reasons; both safeguarding childrens’ sight, and our practices’ capacity. We are linking in with the CCG and are still members of the Working Group looking to develop a business case for a future service. More information is due shortly in this regard.
MECS Update
The MEC Service continues to be a success – thank you all for your ongoing commitment to looking after Derbyshire’s eye health, despite the capacity issues that are affecting us all. If you don’t have capacity to see a patient within the necessary timescale, please note that it is your responsibility to help the patient find an appointment at an alternative practice. A&E should be a last resort, because it’s not the right setting for patient care and puts unnecessary strain on local emergency services.
Derbyshire LOC Latest News
CET EVENT THURSDAY 5TH OCTOBER AT 7.00PM ON ZOOM
Derbyshire LOC are very please to have Dr Ricardo De Sousa Peixoto, FRCOphth, PhD, MBChB, BSc (hons), Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with Special interest in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery give a lecture entitled ‘ A different approach to glaucoma care- from Community to hospital- a seamless process’. Please note the start time of 7.00 pm. The lecture …
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2 October 2023
Freedom to Speak up Guardian
There is now a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian in Derbyshire. They are able to help practices ensure that they have appropriate measures in place to allow this. Contact details are on the attached poster. Freedom to speak up Guardian GPTF poster (1)
17 July 2023
ELECTRONIC REFERRALS EeRS
Check out the new EeRS page for the implementation of electronic referrals in Derbyshire. Lots of important information on there which needs action.
5 June 2023
NEW EMAIL FOR DERBY EYE CASUALTY FROM 1ST MARCH 2023
‼️‼️ ATTENTION EVERYONE ‼️‼️ RDH eye casualty has changed their email address with IMMEDIATE EFFECT. It is now Uhdb.acuteeyecare@nhs.net HES tell us that there is an automatic reply from the primaryeyecare email telling us that the email has been changed – so directing us to email urgent referrals to the new address. This went live …
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3 March 2023
ACTION REQUIRED! FOR CATARACT REFERRALS
We have been made aware that practices are having referrals bounced back from Spa Medica at the advice of the ICB. They are clamping down on practices who weren’t included on the original pre-cat list (from the dark ages) and thus many are not registered to directly refer. They have been told to refer via …
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2 March 2023
CET FOR DOS
NHSBSA are running a CPD event for DOs. This interactive CPD qualifies within the GOC Leadership and Accountability domain and will give some guidance on how early recall codes should be applied on GOS sight tests in England. Below are details of the free CPD C-103956 from the NHSBSA. Non-Dispensing Opticians are welcome to attend but …
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14 November 2022