A Quality Assurance Audit of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic

ABSTRACT:

Introduction:

Neuro-ophthalmology is experiencing increasing demand. There is a lack of literature relating to how we deal with the capacity and demand issues, and the use of virtual clinics. Virtual clinics are well-recognised in other subspecialties to help deal with capacity and demand issues, with reports of non-medical-led clinics, and are supported by the National Health Services Long Term Plan and People Plan. We present a quality assurance audit of our orthoptic-led neuro-ophthalmology virtual clinic.

Methods:

The virtual clinic was developed in October 2014 to help deal with capacity and demand issues, however, only since 2019 have orthoptists been trained to virtually review. This paper provides a summary of a quality assurance audit that was completed to determ

SUBMITTER: Smith J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10000316 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature