NICE Guidelines

NICE clinical guideline 85

Developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care Glaucoma Diagnosis and management of chronic open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Issue Date - 2009.

Guidance on the referral of Glaucoma suspects by community optometrists

Issue Date - December 2010

Claim forms for Glaucoma Referral Refinement Contracts

Payment Request Form East Sussex, Downs and Weald

Payment Request Form Hastings & Rother

Payment Request Form West Sussex

Service Specification for Glaucoma Referral Refinement contract

WOPEC Accreditation for IOP Referral Refinement

At the moment, there is no formal accreditation required for carrying out Glaucoma referral refinement (IOP referral refinement). However, WOPEC have a training and accreditation programme to support the LOCSU Level 1 a&b (IOP and Visual Field Refinement) and Level 2 (OHT Monitoring) enhanced service pathways. The package consists of distance learning lectures on CD Rom, and a short video. The distance learning lectures and multiple choice questions are worth 8 CET points. A training code can be obtained from the LOC Administrator - see email address on Contact Us page.