{"id":81,"date":"2021-05-17T23:39:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2021-09-08T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:53:21","slug":"cataract","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/professionals\/referral-options\/cataract\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataract"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Cataract referrals in Sefton<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><strong>Cataract referrals in Sefton (Now fully migrated to the OPERA System)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-net.org.uk\/media\/7848\/merseyside-and-cheshire-cataract-referral-pathway-protocolv2april21.pdf\">Optometry First\u2019\u00a0Enhanced referral Cataract Service\u00a0Pathway &amp; Protocols<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having a cataract does not automatically mean that a patient needs to be referred. Before referring a patient you should consider the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the patient having problems with their vision that are caused by the presence of cataract?<\/li>\n<li>is the patient managing the daily tasks that they wish to do?<\/li>\n<li>Whilst cataract surgery is very successful and the risks are small, it can still result in significant or complete loss of vision in a very small number of patients, so it is important to discuss the risks and benefits before you consider referring the patient.<\/li>\n<li>Does the patient have a Sefton GP?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the patient is symptomatic because of cataract, is struggling with day to day tasks and still wants to be referred, then\u00a0 the patient should be assessed under the\u00a0<strong>DIRECT CATARACT REFERRAL PATHWAY.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are NOT an accredited practitioner or an accredited practice, then you should refer your patient to an accredited\u00a0practice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An up to date list of accredited local practices can be obtained\u00a0from:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>rebecca.ireland@primaryeyecare.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>The clinical governance and performance lead for Primary Eyecare services<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Referrals for cataract should be on a fully completed GOS18 to an accredited\u00a0practice or via the OPERA software portal (from accredited practices).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Referrals should NOT go via the patients GP or direct to the providers of cataract surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To do so would be failing to refer in accordance with local protocols which could have implications under the GOS contract<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>DIRECT Cataract Referral Pathway<\/strong>\u00a0provides thorough preoperative assessment \/ counselling for each patient and the secondary care providers receive the necessary paperwork needed to proceed with cataract surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cataract referrals in Sefton Cataract referrals in Sefton (Now fully migrated to the OPERA System) &nbsp; &#8216;Optometry First\u2019\u00a0Enhanced referral Cataract Service\u00a0Pathway &amp; Protocols &nbsp; Having a cataract does not automatically mean that a patient needs to be referred. Before referring a patient you should consider the following: Is the patient having problems with their vision &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/professionals\/referral-options\/cataract\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cataract&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/197"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/sefton-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}