guidelines
NICE revision of Glaucoma Clinical Guidelines
NICE are in the process of revising Clinical Guideline CG85 ‘Glaucoma: Diagnosis and Management’, published in April 2009. The final scope of the proposed revision is available to read online via the NICE website. Key areas that will be covered in the revision include: The diagnostic accuracy of tests used for the provisional and definitive
RCOphth concerned at the continued restriction of second eye cataract surgery by CCGs
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is concerned to hear that there continues to be a restriction of second eye cataract surgery by some CCGs. The RCOphth stresses that the decision to perform second eye cataract surgery should be based entirely on clinical need. A report by the Scottish Health Technologies Group (Healthcare Improvement Scotland) identified evidence