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Extend the collaborative approach across our Integrated Care System to deliver high volume surgical hubs that improve equity of access and productivity.
Implement standardised and integrated pathways across cataracts, Community Urgent Eye Services/Minor Eye Care Services, MR and glaucoma pathways including:
Primary, secondary, community and independent sector eye care services.
Risk stratification approach to support new to follow up outpatient appointments.
Development of our Primary Care optometrists as first contact practitioners to deliver ‘Optometry First’, managing low risk patients in the community as much as possible.
Embed digitally enabled system transformation including:
Implementation of electronic eye care referrals between primary optometry and hospital eye care services.
Implementation of a scalable model of home care monitoring using multiple channels, including patient initiated follow ups (PIFU), symptoms monitoring and video consultation.
Develop a scalable model of digital eye care hubs that can receive clinical data from any source and respond with the clinical expertise required to support non-hospital settings.
Develop plans for longer term integrated diagnostic digital diagnostics and care capabilities.
Continue to improve delivery of all elements of the ‘adapt and adopt’ Outpatient Transformation programme relating to patient initiated follow up, advice and guidance and virtual consultation.
How we can work together to know we have made a difference
The difference that we will measure ...
Increasing utilisation of our community optometrists to support more people near their own home and therefore reducing demand on secondary care services. Optometry First becoming the first contact practitioner service for eye care.
An integrated interoperable e-referral system across primary and secondary services.
The difference that you will see ...
Improved equity of access across Suffolk and North East Essex ensuring our local population have access to the right care first time wherever they live.
Increasing utilisation of our community optometrists to support more people near their own home.
How we will make a difference
Actions:
Extend the collaborative approach across our Integrated Care System to deliver high volume surgical hubs that improve equity of access and productivity.
Implement standardised and integrated pathways across cataracts, Community Urgent Eye Services/Minor Eye Care Services, MR and glaucoma pathways including:
Primary, secondary, community and independent sector eye care services.
Risk stratification approach to support new to follow up outpatient appointments.
Development of our Primary Care optometrists as first contact practitioners to deliver ‘Optometry First’, managing low risk patients in the community as much as possible.
Embed digitally enabled system transformation including:
Implementation of electronic eye care referrals between primary optometry and hospital eye care services.
Implementation of a scalable model of home care monitoring using multiple channels, including patient initiated follow ups (PIFU), symptoms monitoring and video consultation.
Develop a scalable model of digital eye care hubs that can receive clinical data from any source and respond with the clinical expertise required to support non-hospital settings.
Develop plans for longer term integrated diagnostic digital diagnostics and care capabilities.
Continue to improve delivery of all elements of the ‘adapt and adopt’ Outpatient Transformation programme relating to patient initiated follow up, advice and guidance and virtual consultation.
How we can work together to know we have made a difference
The difference that we will measure ...
Increasing utilisation of our community optometrists to support more people near their own home and therefore reducing demand on secondary care services. Optometry First becoming the first contact practitioner service for eye care.
An integrated interoperable e-referral system across primary and secondary services.
The difference that you will see ...
Improved equity of access across Suffolk and North East Essex ensuring our local population have access to the right care first time wherever they live.
Increasing utilisation of our community optometrists to support more people near their own home.
