LOCSU Children's Vision Enhanced Service Pathway

The aim of the LOCSU’s Children’s Vision enhanced service pathway is to reduce unnecessary referrals to secondary care ophthalmology departments. This is achieved by allowing community optometrists to provide management and treatment to children who are found to have suspected amblyopia following school screening.

 Benefits of the pathway include:

• early intervention for patients who have a suspected eye defect which has been identified at school screening, with a maximum waiting time of two weeks
• increased access and choice for patients
• increased capacity and reduced waiting times in secondary care to treat more complex patients
• development of the role of community optometrists
• improved communications between secondary and primary care
• reduction in costs compared with the acute model

LOCSU has developed a range of downloadable support for practitioners who want to introduce these pathways in their area. 

Supporting documentation for LOCSU's Children's Vision Enhanced Service Pathway (LOC/ROC Members only)

Skills and training support for LOCSU’s Children’s Vision Enhanced Service Pathway