Sheffield Local Optometric Committee

When completing GOS 1 Forms (Application for an NHS Funded Sight Test) You should enter the date of the last sight test, either GOS or private.

The date of last sight test dictates when the patient will next be entitled to an NHS funded

PRR ELECTRONIC REPORTING

As promised we have introduced electronic reporting for the PRR scheme.
The purpose of the move to online reporting is to improve safe information transfer and simplify administration by reducing the need for

Following discussions between the Local Optometric Committee, Local Pharmaceutical Committee and NHS Sheffield, from 1 October 2011 Primary Eye care Acute Referrals Scheme (PEARS) Optometrists will be able to advise their PEARS patients with

Turns out there is an ‘EYE’ in TEAM!!

SHEFFIELD school children are getting quicker access to eye experts thanks to a new scheme for reception children.
Youngsters starting reception are now having their eyes screened by Orthoptist from

How to activate an NHS net email account

The instructions for the staff as as follows:

1) From Internet Explorer goto http://www.nhs.net

2) Logon using the email address given and the password (from the Internet use the onscreen

Please now send all GOS forms requiring payment to the following address.

S.R.H.S.S.A
White Rose House
Ten Pound Walk
Doncaster
DN4 5DJ

Forms sent to Brincliffe house will be forwarded on but timely payment cannot be » Read this article…

SUMMARY OF NEW CATARACT SERVICE

1 ALL ASSESSMENTS/REFERRALS MUST BE MADE ON NEW FORMS.

2 ASSESSMENT/REFERRALS MADE ON OLD FORMS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE REFERRING OPTOMETRIST.

3 CATARACT REFERRALS MADE ON GOS18S WILL BE RETURNED TO THE

As the principal provider of professional indemnity insurance to individual
optometrists, the AOP position on enhanced services that rely solely on repeating
intra-ocular pressure measurements is as follows:
1. Repeating the pressures at the

Please note that the number to fax your cataract referrals has changed.

The new number is 0114 » Read this article…

The Paediatric Referral Refinement Scheme (PRR) has been running for some months now and on the whole is working well. To ensure the scheme performs safely and efficiently, please note the following:
Send a PRR report form for all referrals

Re: Optometrist Referrals via the Single Point of Access (SPA)

Current initiatives for the review/triage of Community Optometrist GOS18 referrals and appropriate direction of Child Eye Screening referrals WILL CONTINUE.

Please send GOS18s

On 11th March 2011 (after 5pm), NHS Sheffield is moving to NHSmail. This means that email addresses for NHS Sheffield staff will change and you will need to update your contact details for them.

If you can access NHS.net go to:

You can now find an up to date list of Sheffield GP’s along with contact details in the downloads section of this website. This will now be updated on a monthly » Read this article…

High Importance – Safeguarding Patient Data
Please ensure this is circulated to all your practice team

There has been an incident involving a Community Optometrist regarding patient information being faxed to a non-secure number.

NHS

Follwing the second successful training and accreditation day for PEARS optometrists in Sheffield, Replay Learning have agreed to supply a further article about dry eye and its management. It can be downloaded using the link below

NHS Sheffield is in the process of implementing a new telephone system at Brincliffe House. Staff will have new numbers that are active from 2nd August 2010

Reception (0114) 305 1800

FHS

Any patient information sent to a hospital or GP via email should be done using a secure NHS account. Many of us have these already, but if you need one setting up, please contact Lynda Liddament on 0114 3051179 or email her at

From the 17th March, you will now be able access the “Infection Prevention and Control web page” for Independent Contractors “via the internet”. I have appreciated the frustrations that many independent contractors are not able to access the NHS

The Joint Working Group on NICE Glaucoma Guideline has issued updated guidance on referral. These can be viewed on the AOP web site:

http://www.aop.org.uk/uploaded_files/joint_working_group_guidance_on_glaucomaand_oht_referral.pdf

The

Following the talk on infection control by Angela Billings, Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner from NHS Sheffield, we can now give you the details of NHS approved hand hygiene and disinfection wipes.

For alcohol hand rubs, the three

There are two templates for a GOS 18 that you can use to type your referral letters out. One is a version of the familiar GOS 18, the other a new version designed to address some issues with the original GOS 18.

Find both in the downloads