NHS Wakefield CCG Community Non-Urgent Ophthalmology AQP

Tender description

NHS Wakefield CCG is seeking providers who can provide non-urgent ophthalmology care delivered in community settings within the boundaries of Wakefield District for access to Wakefield patients. The overarching aims/objectives of the service are: • To work with local optometrists to ensure that new cases of non-urgent ophthalmic conditions are referred to services, as per locally developed referral guidelines; • To establish with the local hospital, the Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, a working approach to systematically discharge individuals' follow-up care, for sole ocular hypertension or stable glaucoma to community service providers; • To provide safe and effective non-urgent ophthalmology care; • To provide a continuous programme to improve the quality of the provision of non-urgent ophthalmic care. As the service will be commissioned under AQP arrangements, payment will be made at national tariff for consultant-led care; there is no guarantee of income. The provider has full responsibility for the costs of any drugs used/prescribed within the service. No Market Forces Factor (MFF) will be paid for this service. A CQUIN scheme to the value of 2.5% of the provider’s actual annual activity will be made available.