Monitoring standards

Barbara Ryan

Accreditation Manager Welsh Eye Care Initiative (WECI)

Clinical Governance Lead all-Wales Low Vision Service (WLVS)

• All- Wales Low Vision Service

• Standards for everyone

• Children’s low vision project

• Nathan Davies

• An audit tool to measure impact on children

All Wales Low Vision Service

Established 2004

Based in 160 community practices

Funded by Welsh Assembly Government (WAG)

Main aim to improve access

Standards for all en Access referral• Close to everyone's home• Anyone can refer• Waiting times less than 2 weeks• Assessment about an hour• Recall and follow-up• Practitioners trained and accredited• Links with other local services• Good range of equipment and LVAs

Standards monitored continually

Standard record card

Faxed to secure Fax in Carmarthenshire LHB

Data Entered Computer DBLow Vision record card

Date: ___ / ___ / ___

Patient Details DOB

Title

Patient Address

Surname

First Names

GP

Postcode

GP address

Telephone

Male Female

Ocular History

Registered: Blind Partially Sighted Not Registered General Health Medication

Accessing the service How did they get there? Who referred them? How long did they wait?

Public transport Ophthalmologist < 2 weeks

Car GP 2 weeks to 1 month

Taxi Optometrist 1 to 3 months

Walked Social/ rehab worker 3 to 6 months

Accompanied Voluntary agency 6 months to 1 year

Alone Friend/ relative/ self > 1 year

Ambulance

AMD

Glaucoma

Diab Eye Dis

Cataract

Other

Not known

Children’s low vision project

• Children were not being assessed in Wales

• Low Vision Advocate appointed

• First year 10 one day multi-disciplinary training and discussion sessions

• Over 250 children seen in WLVS