FOI/25/075

Request

I am enquiring about ophthalmology - specifically the treatment of patients with Wet age-related macular degeneration. When diagnosed, patients require treatment involving regular injections into the eye and repeated OCT scans.

The questions I have are as follows:

 

1. For patients being treated for wet-AMD, what tariffs do you apply? I am interested to know:
   1. Do you use national tariffs for outpatient appointments, scans, and for treatments. If so, which ones do you use? Please provide HRG codes where possible.
   2. If locally negotiated tariffs are used, please provide details of these. If ‘bundled’ (e.g. include treatments/scans etc), please advise on what is included in the cost. If ‘unbundled’ (e.g. each element is costed separately), please advise on the locally agreed price for each element
2. NICE guidance advises that patients referred for Wet AMD should start treatment within 14 days of referral. Please could you advise what percentage of Wet AMD patients commence treatment within 14 days of referral at your Trust?
3. What is the average wait to be seen from the point of referral for Wet-AMD at your Trust?

 

Response

Central Community Healthcare NHS trust (CLCH) is a community based organisation which specialises in providing care in the community.

CLCH does not provide the Optholmology service. 

Please see link below for further information on the services which are provided by CLCH

https://clch.nhs.uk/services