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Worcestershire Referral Guidelines

Worcestershire Referral Guidelines
Worcestershire Referral Guidelines

This guide is primarily aimed at optometrists working as contractors or performers in the Worcestershire area of Herefordshire & Worcestershire CCG who are referring patients who are registered with a GP practice in Worcestershire area of Herefordshire & Worcestershire CCG*. Where a patient is not registered with a Worcestershire GP*, please direct the referral to the patient’s GP practice.

Please note that for “out of hours” urgent referrals patients will be directed to BMEC.

The text has been extensively revised and updated, to improve clarity and understanding, particularly in response to the changing referral criteria and referral methods introduced by the National Health Service, following the decision by the Secretary of State for Health to switch off all fax communication with NHS institutions from 1st April 2020. The proliferation of the COVID-19 disease has resulted in a temporary suspension of the MECS service and the introduction of the COVID-19 Urgent Eye-care Service – CUES. Those conditions that would normally be referred to MECS but require referral to CUES have been annotated.
                                  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                






Electronic Eye Care Referral System (EeRS)
 

Optical practices have long championed the introduction of electronic referrals, discharge, care and data transfer between primary eye care, the hospital eye service and GPs. The new EeRS ‘proof of concept’ sites are a first step towards supporting patients being treated in the right place, by the right service, at the right time at all points along the eye care pathway.

The system will link primary eye care with the hospital ophthalmology and GP systems allowing unnecessary referrals to hospitals to be avoided and better us to be made of the skills, equipment and facilities in optical practices.

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Worcestershire LOC will be in contact with more information to the county, throughout the roll-our of EeRS, via email, website updates and CPD events for practitioners!

Worcestershire Guide to Direction of Referrals

  Jim Osborne 2020 (Evesham)

EeRS

Worcestershire Optometry Referrals Hospital Contact Details

Routine Referrals

Routine Referrals

For all 'Routine' referrals, excluding Paediatric and Cataract referrals, please email referrals to c.hec@nhsnet

This service is coordinated by CHEC; an independent service commissioned by the Worcestershire NHS Trust, to triage and re-direct 'Routine' referrals for the Worcestershire Trust hospitals.

Please note: This service was provided Operose until 2023.

Wet ARMD Referral Pathway

Wet ARMD Referral Pathway

For suspect Wet ARMD referrals, please complete this form and send to the appropriate hospital email address. 

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Note: the old 'Worcestershire Wet ARMD referral form' has now been updated in 2021, please find below the new 'Worcestershire Wet ARMD referral form'.

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Worcestershire Royal Hospital:  wah-tr.worcestershirehes@nhs.net                                          Gloucestershire Acute Hospitals:   ghn-tr.AMDteam@nhs.net

Worcestershire Wet ARMD Referral Form

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