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Eliminating Avoidable sight loss and delivering excellent support for people with sight loss. Health and Social Care Integration - From Hospital to Community. Eliminating Avoidable sight loss and delivering excellent support for people with sight loss. From Strategy to implementation
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Eliminating Avoidable sight loss and delivering excellent support for people with sight loss Health and Social Care Integration - From Hospital to Community
Eliminating Avoidable sight loss and delivering excellent support for people with sight loss • From Strategy to implementation • For example what are the RCOphth doing? • Local Vision Strategy – How will people know what to expect – Peoples charter • Health Social Care Integration - ECLIO/info Px
What are the Royal College of Ophthalmologists doing with respect to UKVS and Community Eye Health • Public Health Advocacy/Advice • Community Based Services/PEC • Teaching Training Accreditation • Clinical Governance eg audit • Health promotion • Screening/Case detection • Research + Evaluation
RCO Developments for UKVS • ADVOCACY • RCO Congress 4 V2020 Symposia • Regular V2020UK articles in our bulletin • RCO Press Release for UKVS
RCO Developments for UKVS • TECHNICAL SUPPORT • RCO Primary Care Group is now merged with very good multi-disciplinary collaboration to become V2020UK PCG • RCOphth Ocular Public Health Group • President sent copy of Low Visions to all RCO members
RCO Training for UKVS • RCOphth New Curriculum • Yearly work based assessments of doctors history taking – communication, empathy sensitive to service users • Exams communication skills formally assessed by lay examiner • Role of ophthalmologist in NHS and MDT • Public Health curriculum being developed • Dept of Health e-learning curriculum should be accessible to wider work force
RCO Training for UKVS • RCOphth one day seminar in CEH last year and this year in OPH/UKVS • New OPH module Jan 26th 09 • New OPH certificate Jan 09 available to wider workforce
NEED TO DEVELOP LOCAL VISION STRATEGY • LEEDS HAS DEVELOPED FIRST DRAFT WITH LOTS OF AREAS NEEDING A LOT OF WORK SO HOW DO WE PRIORITISE • CONCEPT OF PEOPLES CHARTER of what can people expect RAISED AT UKVS ADVOCACY EVENT AT HOUSE OF LORDS • WHAT MIGHT THIS LOOK LIKE?
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION • How do health care services initiate contact with social care • What support can we initiate in health care setting • Health and social care integration champion eg ECLO NALSVI equivalent • Accessible Information to support self care – DH/RNIB Information prescription • Over to Debbie • Close with feedback on ECLIO role