Priorities

• To develop and pilot a cataract surgery referral form for outpatient clinics as per the recommendations from the Increasing Access to Cataract Surgery forum held in August 2018.
• To continue to work with stakeholders across the eye health community to improve access to Ophthalmology Outpatient Clinics in NSW.
• The Community Eye Care project To develop a model of care for public patients with glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy from screening through to treatment and ongoing management including the involvement of low vision agencies.
• To develop a resource for clinicians working in NSW public hospitals on the management of patients with low vision or blindness in the inpatient setting.
• To facilitate the testing of a model of care for public patients with uncomplicated symptomatic cataract.

Achievements

• Development of a vision defect in stroke screening tool for use by non-eye health practitioners to detect pre-stroke eye conditions as well as any new visual problems that may have occurred post stroke.
• Development and distribution of the consensus eye emergency clinical guidelines for non-ophthalmic clinicians published in the Eye Emergency Manual.  The App was reviewed in 2017 and updated to reflect changes in practice and expectations of an app.
• Eye emergency clinician education for medical and nursing clinicians working in emergency departments in both rural and metropolitan areas.
• Development and introduction of eyeplaysafe an interactive web-based learning package for children five to nine years of age available in all NSW public schools to teach children how to protect their eyes at home and when playing.
• Validation and release of the Vision Defect in Stroke Screening Tool and eLearning module.
• The Eyes on the Future Forum held in June 2017 which brought together clinicians from across the eye health spectrum.
• The development of a model of care for public patients with age-related macular degeneration  to improve access to treatment and ongoing management initially at Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital.
• C-EYE-C wins NSW Health Award: Following on from winning the WentWest Partnership Award for collaboration at the Western Sydney Local Health District Quality Awards, the Agency for Clinical Innovation's (ACI) Ophthalmology Network’s Community-Eye-Care (C-EYE-C) project has won the 2017 NSW Health Innovation award for Delivering Integrated Care.