maharashtra‬ ‪surgery‬ ‪cataract‬ ‪cataract surgery‬‬ pdf


    maharashtra‬ ‪surgery‬ ‪cataract‬ ‪cataract surgery‬‬ pdf



    maharashtra‬ ‪surgery‬ ‪cataract‬ ‪cataract surgery‬‬ pdf

This document has been written in response to emerging evidence of wide geographical variation in access to cataract surgery in England.1-3One recent report found that half of
Commissioners restricted access to cataract surgery by the application of clinical thresholds and one in three made no allowance for second eye surgery.1Overall 9 in every 1cataract surgery commissioning policies contained criteria that followed “neither national guidance nor
Scientific evidence.” Additionally, there is almost a threefold variation in the number of people having cataract surgery across England, withrates ranging from 285 to 804 per
100,000 population,4 which cannot be fully explained by variations in known risk factors for the development of cataract. Although there are as yet no National Institute for
Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations for cataract surgery The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has published guidelines on the management of cataract 5
 , which include recommendations on the standards that Commissioners should expect from anyprovider of cataract surgery. This document aims to provide evidence-based guidance to support the commissioning of high quality cataract services and to promote equity of access to the treatment of visual impairment caused by cataract.