ACTION ON CATARACTS
APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL EXEMPLAR PROJECT
- Title of the proposed project
Alternative Pathways for the Management of Cataract Patients - Seeing
More Clearly.
- Description of the health community on which the project
will focus
The project will focus on the residents of Stockton on Tees,
Billingham, Yarm (North Tees), Middlesbrough and Eston and Langbaurgh
and Cleveland (South Tees). It will also involve links in to North
Yorkshire and Durham which the North Riding Infirmary based consultants
have traditionally served.
The population of this area is approximately 450,000.
All operative procedures are undertaken at North Riding Infirmary.
Out Patient clinics are held at North Riding Infirmary, North Tees
General Hospital and East Cleveland Hospital.
- Names of the organisations that will play lead roles in
the project
South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
North Riding Infirmary
Newport Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 5JE
Tees Health Authority
Poole House
Nunthorpe
Middlesbrough
North Tees Primary Care Group
Middlesbrough and Eston Primary Care Group
Langbaurgh Primary Care Group
c/o Tees Health for communications.
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Social Services
South Tees Community Health Council
Cleveland Business Centre
l Watson Street
Middlesbrough
TS1 2RQ
Signpost North East
PO Box 44
Hartlepool
TS25 1YN
- Volume of cataract surgery within the health community
(per annum)
The Ophthalmic Unit undertakes 1800 cataract operations annually.
- Name of Project Leader
Mr. John Gibb
Divisional Manager - Surgery
North Riding Infirmary
Newport Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 5JE
Tel: 01642 854001
Fax: 01642 854064
- Objectives of the project
We aim
- to improve theatre throughput and activity
- to humanise the process for patients and staff
- to improve patient education and knowledge
- to introduce performance measures that are relevant to the primary
and secondary sectors
- to disseminate good practice from research and practical
experience
- to examine technological advances in IT and medical equipment that
will improve communications for all professionals and patients on
the pathway
- Scope and focus of the project
- Examine and evaluate the range of existing practices in the G.P.
surgery, the high street optometrist, the hospital out-patient
department, the wards and theatres and the medical secretaries'
office.
- To map and evaluate the processes.
- To examine knowledge levels of all the professionals of each
other's roles and responsibilities
- To produce education packs in the most relevant medium for
professionals and patients
- To produce an A-Z of best practices
- To produce a Health Economics model of trends in demand and
capacity limitations
- To introduce IT solutions to booked admissions, information giving
and retrieval via the NHS net from a North Riding Infirmary website.
- Names of the Consultant Ophthalmologists who will participate in the
project
Miss C.R. Ellerton
Mr. M.H. El-Naggar
Mr. T.C. Dowd, Clinical Director
Mr. B.J. McNeela
Mr. D.L. Smerdon
Mr. J.R. Clarke
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