Mid / South Essex
Essex Referrals Pathway Broomfield – document showing correct referral methods for Broomfield hospital.
Essex Referrals Pathway Southend – document showing correct referral methods for Southend hospital.
Emergency Referrals – (link at the top HES details page) information about emergency referrals only, but to multiple eye departments.
Independent Sector Providers (ISPs)
There are numerous ISP’s across Essex. Details of all are gradually being updated here
Out of Area Referrals
If you have a patient with a GP in a specific ICB but they want to be seen in a hospital within a different ICB, can you ensure you refer via the patients GP. This especially applies to any patient who has a GP in Mid or South Essex who wants to be seen at another hospital other than Southend, Broomfield or BMI. This also applies to patients who want to be seen at a hospital out of Essex.
Specific 2 week cancer referral form for Southend Hospital.
The following documents are the restriction policies issued by Mid Essex.
For cataract referrals:
The “completed proforma” is simply the referral form.
Please state on the referral that the patient wishes to have the operation.
The “Decision Making Leaflet” only needs to be issued to a patient who is unsure whether they would like cataract surgery.
“Using the patient’s own words” can be as simple as “the patient reports difficulty driving at night” or “the patient reports they can no longer read their books” etc.
- Mid Essex Cataract Restriction Policy: Catacacts Mid Essex CCG service restriction policy – sept16. Cataracts decision making leaflet
- Mid Essex Bletheroplasty Restriction Policy: blepharoplasty-meccg-service-restriction-policy-sept16
- Mid Essex Chalazia Restriction Policy: chalazion-mid-essex-ccg-service-restriction-policy-sept16
- Mid Essex Dysthyroid Restriction Policy: dysthyroid-eye-disease-mid-essex-ccg-service-restriction-policy-sep16
South CCGs Cataract Service Restriction policy
SOUTHEND PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES FOR DRY EYE SYNDROME
Southend and Castle Point and Rochford CCGs have agreed a new protocol for the prescribing of drops for dry eye syndrome. Where possible patients who have a GP in either of these CCGs should be asked to self-fund their drops if they are able. For those patients who require their medications funded by the NHS the following should be followed:
Any drops that are needed to be prescribed by the GP should not be requested by the brand name, they should be requested by the active ingredient. Eg Sodium Hyaluronate, not Hycosan; Paraffin based eye ointment, not lacrilube etc. This will allow the GP to prescribe the correct eye drop from their agreed formulary. Brand specific drops will need to be self funded.
For more details please view Dry Eye Prescribing Guidelines
Primary Care Prescribing Guidelines for the Management of Dry Eyes
ORTHOPTIC REFERRALS
Ophthalmology and orthoptic services delivered by mid Essex hospital services NHS trust