Health services

Tender description

Commissioners in Leeds are committed to ensuring that there is an active framework for fostering continuous improvement in the delivery of eye health services as a whole. Providers of community ophthalmology services will be required to contribute to a Consultant Led Ophthalmology Network, (CLODN) with a responsibility to develop and implement citywide approaches to: — reducing unwarranted clinical variation, — development of appropriate, safe and effective clinical pathways and protocols (including care being delivered in appropriate settings using appropriate skill mixing), — sharing best practice, — fostering innovation, — assuring quality, — fostering system integration, — supervising system wide audit, training and development, and peer review / peer support. Commissioners in Leeds are committed to ensuring that there is an active framework for fostering continuous improvement in the delivery of eye health services as a whole. Providers of community ophthalmology services will be required to contribute to a Consultant Led Ophthalmology Network, (CLODN) with a responsibility to develop and implement citywide approaches to:-. — reducing unwarranted clinical variation, — development of appropriate, safe and effective clinical pathways and protocols (including care being delivered in appropriate settings using appropriate skill mixing), — sharing best practice, — fostering innovation, — assuring quality, — fostering system integration, — supervising system wide audit, training and development, and peer review / peer support. The service will: — offer patients a choice of locations and appointment times, ensuring equitable timely and appropriate access, — ensure that patients are seen and treated in a safe environment, most appropriate to their care needs, — provide best value for money, delivering effective and sustainable use of resources. A comprehensive consultant-led community ophthalmology service to provide a full local pathway for Leeds patients encompassing: — clinical assessment and triage, — opinion and Advice for patients and referrers, — treatment and recovery where applicable, — discharge back to the appropriate level of care, — referral onwards only where appropriate. Max price is based on 3 plus 1 plus 1.