Monitor report highlights UK ophthalmology units as efficient and cost effective
Improving NHS productivity in elective care Monitor report out today The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has worked in close collaboration with Monitor on this research, specifically to identify ways that cataract surgery and treatment for AMD can be more efficiently delivered in hospital eye services in the UK. The research covered a range of
Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt asks all parties to continue junior doctor contract negotiations
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists notes the letter by the Secretary of State to the Junior Doctors Committee of the British Medical Association. Mr Hunt outlines that proposals for the new contract for junior doctors must be addressed through further negotiation by all parties. The RCOphth recognises and values ophthalmic registrars for their continuing contribution to
NHS England announce benefit from radical new hospital collaboration drive
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens will today (Friday 25 September) announce radical new options for the future of local hospitals across the NHS. The new models being developed by 13 new hospital Vanguards represent the next stage of implementing the NHS Five Year Forward View. Today’s new group of NHS Vanguards involve some of the
OTG concerned by the impact of proposed junior doctor contracts
The OTG represents the voice and interests of registrars and is influential in all aspects of the work of the College. As today’s registrars are tomorrow’s ophthalmologists, the issues that are changing the face of medicine in general and the way doctors are able to practice are a direct concern of the OTG. The OTG
Trainees warn imposition of contract threatens future of UK healthcare
Open letter to Secretary of State for Health Members of the trainee committees that sit on the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Trainee Doctors Group (ATDG) have written an open letter to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, to express their concerns with proposals to impose a new employment contract on all doctors in