Ophthalmic peri-operative care pathway

NHS Trusts are under increased pressure with Post-Covid waiting lists to increase activity without compromising patient safety and experience. This course aims to share best clinical practice and experience, with emphasis on the Pre-assessment model, including non-complex and complex cases, to support other Trusts/Units to streamline their surgical patient pathway and improve the ophthalmic patient experience.

The course will cover the patient pathway from the time they are listed in clinic for surgery through to Pre-assessment and on to the day of surgery until discharge. The course will describe Moorfields' experience of streamlining the ophthalmic peri-operative pathway and our learning from successes and failures.

You may opt to attend for the full day or half day (morning) if your interest is up to the point of Pre-assessment only.

Course Aims

To provide attendees with necessary tools to:

Streamline their surgical pathway
Develop high volume Pre-assessment clinics (one-stop clinics)
Adopt different strategies to manage the demand of the “one-stop” model
Redesign the day of surgery pathway for high volume theatre lists

Course Overview:

To share best practice and experience of ophthalmic peri-operative pathway, with emphasis on pre-assessment model
To improve ophthalmic patient experience
To share experience of embedding a high-volume theatre list
Share tips and pitfalls of streamlining ophthalmic surgical patient pathway

Full day Featured topics

Overview of Pre-assessment at Moorfields
Development of fast track (health questionnaire/Triage) pre-assessment to manage waiting lists
Health questionnaire
Learning from failures and successes in streamlining pre-assessment pathway
From admission to discharge including vulnerable patients and patients with special needs
How the cataract drive differs from a normal cataract list
Complex patient case studies
Learning from cancellations

Half day Featured topics

Overview of Pre-assessment at Moorfields
Development of fast track (health questionnaire/Triage) pre-assessment to manage waiting lists
Health questionnaire
Learning from failures and successes in streamlining pre-assessment pathway

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Who should apply?

This course is aimed at nurses, managers, allied health professionals and those who are interested in the ophthalmic peri-operative pathway.

Accreditation

A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the course.

Next course date

The date of the next course is not yet confirmed. Please email moorfields.courses@nhs.net if you would like to be notified.