Maintaining quality
Commissioning and service provision
- RCOphth has produced guidance (opens PDF, 116KB) for new to follow-up ratios for commissioners
- Department of Health guidance on improving chronic disease management (opens PDF, 52.28KB)
Commissioning guidance on AMD
- RCOphth commissioning better eye care for AMD (opens PDF, 684KB)
- NICE technology appraisal guidance on aflibercept injection
Key outcomes and quality standards
- Quality standards for diabetic retinopathy services in England and Wales
- Diabetic screening
- RCOphth clinical guidelines for AMD and retinal vein occlusion
RCOphth statement (opens PDF, 49KB) on intraocular injections by non-medical professionals
Quality assurance selftest for AMD services
- Ocular inflammation: Screening protocols (opens PDF) for uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Published quality indicators in treatment of children’s eye disease
Nationally commissioned services will have their own quality standards as part of the structure of these services.