Changes have been made to the IOPRR procedure in Warwickshire. A new claim form is to be submitted to a new email address and a pre-validation process prior to invoicing is no longer needed.
If you need any help in using the new form please contact:
beverley.salt@ardencsu.nhs.uk
For further information regarding the contract please contact:
jonathan.westwood@ardencsu.nhs.uk
Peter Pawson, Head of Optometry at Warwick Hospital and Warwickshire LOC Committee Member, will be presenting short talks on Eye Health at the Warwickshire Association for the Blind Drop-in Centres as part of National Eye Health Week 2014.
The WAB Drop-in Centres are open from 10am to 12 noon. Dates and locations can be found below.
All Welcome!
Tuesday 23rd September – Stratford-Upon Avon
The Christadelphian Church
Rother Street
Stratford on Avon
CV37 6LU
Wednesday 24th September – Rugby
Rugby Baptist Church
Regent Place
Rugby
CV21 2AG
For more information on The Warwickshire Association for the Blind click HERE
For more information on National Eye Health Week 2014 click HERE
Our very own Secretary, Francesca Marchetti, will be one of the expert presenters at a Spectrum Thea CET event dedicated to locum eye care practitioners. The event is to be held at Keele University on Tuesday 23rd September 2014.
For more details click HERE
The following information is for current providers of intra Ocular Pressure Referral Refinement in Warwickshire:
Arden Commissioning Support are currently drafting contracts for IOPRR. Existing providers need to provide their contract information by the 19th September to be able to submit activity for validation and payment. Currently less than half of the practices in Warwickshire have signed up.
Please contact Jonathan Westwood using jonathan.westwood@ardencsu.nhs.net for further information.
A new direct referral service for suspected wet AMD has been set up in North Warwickshire. Details of the new service and a copy of the referral form can be found HERE.
A request from Suresh Munyal, Local Eye Health Network Chair person for Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
Dear All,
I would be most grateful if you would circulate the message below to your colleagues and interested parties in eye health and hold this date.
Call to Action in Eye Health is potentially a milestone in the history of eye health. It is your opportunity to give feedback to NHS England as to the future of
your patients, colleague and all concerned in delivering and receiving eye healthcare in England. Our deadline in the 12th of September to collect and send all comments.
At these meetings we will be collecting your opinions and forward them to NHS England for consideration and possible implementation. The main aim is to improve quality and accessibility of eye health services in primary care thus reducing any unnecessary load on secondary care.
Please circulate this message to as many eye health stakeholders, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists, eye nurses, doctors with special interest in eyes, social workers with special interests in eyes,
and patient groups and anyone else who has something to contribute.
I will of course forward further details as regards exact venues.
Good wishes and kind regards
Suresh Munyal MSc MCOptom
Local Eye Health Network Chair person for Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
suresh.munyal@nhs.net
mobile 07971207776
Dear Colleagues
Re: Improving Eye Health and Reducing Sight Loss – A Call to Action
On behalf of Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team I would like to invite you to attend one of two area stakeholder events on Improving Eye Health and Reducing Sight Loss – A Call to Action.
You will be aware that NHS England have recently published the ‘Improving Eye Health and Reducing Sight Loss – A Call to Action’ document. These events will give us the opportunity to facilitate local discussions on NHS Optometry issues around the aims of improving eye health and give you a chance to directly contribute to the Call to Action discussion.
Nick Cook, MRCOPHTH MRCGP Primary Care Ophthalmologist, will be speaking.
Both events will be exactly the same so please could I ask you to choose the one which is most convenient:
Wednesday 13 August – 6.00pm – 9.00pm – Worcester (Venue TBC)
Wednesday 20 August – 6.00-9.00pm – Coventry (Venue TBC)
The workshops are being supported by the Local Eye Health LPN and give an opportunity to also hear more about how the network is developing.
Places are limited, so please indicate your intention to attend by sending an email to Sandra Wilding, Admin Support, Commissioning,Sandra.wilding@nhs.net by Monday 4 August 2014.
Regards
Jan
Jan Butterworth
Head of Primary Care
NHS England
Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team
Nuneaton Optometrist, Dr. Rohit Narayan, is one the final three Opometrists shortlisted for the 2014 Optometrist of the Year award. Dr. Narayan, a Boots Opticians’ Optometric Practice Manager, states that he is, “thrilled to be deemed worthy of nomination. I have a passion for optometry and I strive to push the boundaries of the care I deliver to my patients in the local community.”
To read Dr. Narayan and the other nominees’ full profiles and to cast your vote click HERE
The Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team have released revised referral information. Referrals are based on five categories (Routine, Emergency, Urgent, Two Week Waits and Local Enhanced Services) and detail is given for geographical variations.
See the full document HERE
Association of Optometrists Policy Director, David Craig, has issued the following information regarding this years CET Grant Claim Form:
The claim form for the CET grant for optometrists in England has been published and is available on the AOP website:
http://www.aop.org.uk/practitioner-advice/cet/claiming-your-cet-funding
Note the window for making claims runs from 14 July to 14 November. Forms for performers should be sent to the Area Team which manages the performer’s list entry. As in previous years, the grant must be claimed via a contractor.
The AOP suggests that members should retain a copy of their claim form and should confirm receipt with their Area Team – it is not unknown for forms to have gone astray.
Claim forms for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are expected to be published shortly.
The Optical Confederation will be publishing guidance on claiming the grant in the next few days.
A word copy of the document can be found HERE
Coventry and Warwickshire LOC 