Best practice library – ophthalmology
Key overarching resources
Sentinel top decile metrics
Cataract
Royal College of Ophthalmologists and GIRFT guidance on High Flow Cataract Surgery
High Flow Cataract Surgery Pathway
Cataract Hubs and High Flow Cataract Lists guidance document March 2021
Restarting and Redesigning of Cataract Pathways in response to the COVID 19 pandemic guidance document
Webinar: National eye care recovery and transformation programme
National report comments on cataract surgery (Click to expand)
Metrics (Click to expand)
- Cataract surgery conversion rate – conversion from first outpatient attendance to cataract surgery
- Average number of cataract surgery procedures per standard operating theatre sessionn
- Patient risk stratification used to organise cataract surgery
- Number of elective spells and outpatient attendances for patients of all ages where procedures for simple cataract surgery were delivered
- Average number of high volume, low complexity cataract surgery procedures per standard operating theatre session
Case studies and examples (Click to expand)
- Example: Predilation patient information leaflet
- Example: Cataract consent form
- Example: Shared Decision-Making Aid for Cataract Surgery during COVID recovery period
- Example: Post-operative cataract patient information leaflet
- Example: Standardised cataract referral form
- Example: London cataract hubs agreed anaesthetic processes
- Example: London cataract post-operative specification
- Example: Cataract Risk Stratification for Low Complexity High Throughput Hubs
- Case study: Improving cataract referrals in Croydon
- Case study: Epsom & St Helier cataract hub
- Case study: Risk stratification for high-volume lists at Derby and Delivery high-volume lists at Norfolk and Norwich
- Case Study: Pre-operative validation at Hinchingbrooke Hospital
- Case study: Using primary care optometrists for post-operative review following cataract surgery at CUH
National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation Programme – Glaucoma webinar, 28th September 2021