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Dear Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust,

Intravitreal injections for eyes
1. Does your Ophthalmology department provide an intravitreal eye injection service?
2. During 2017/18 financial year what is your total numbers of injections administered?
3. If patient is indicated for treatment in both eyes do you deliver injections bilaterally at one appointment?
4. Does your Ophthalmology department provide a one stop service for follow up patient? (i.e. patient has diagnostics, clinician review and an injection if indicated at one appointment)
5. Does your Ophthalmology department provide a one stop service for a new appointment? (i.e. patient has diagnostics, clinician review and an injection if indicated at their first appointment- 1st loading dose)
6. Who injections the patients eyes:
a. Consultant Ophthalmologists?
b. Trust Grade or Specialty Doctors (non deanery trainees)?
c. Junior (deanery) trainee doctors?
d. Nurses?
e. Opticians?
f. Orthoptists?
g. Other (please specify)?
7. How does your pharmacy department provide the intravitreal injection drugs:
a. Specific for each patient i.e. have a patient label attached?
b. In batches, not labelled specific for patients?
8. Do you have an automated system that supplies the drug or is used to restrict access to the drug at the point of injection?
9. If you do have automation who is your provider of the automation system?
10. During 2017-2018 financial year have you had any financial losses associated with the loss of these drugs through fridge failures? If so please quantify estimated cost.
11. During 2017-2018 financial year have you had any financial losses associated with the loss of these drugs through inability to internally reconcile? If so please quantify cost.
12. During 2017-2018 financial year have you had any financial losses associated with the loss of these drugs through inability to reconcile with commissioners? If so please quantify cost.
13. Do you use blueteq to get prior approval from the commissioners before administering the drug?
14. How are you paid for the injection activity?
a. Do you have a locally agreed tariff with commissions that includes the cost of the drug? If so please specify separately the income for one attendance including market forces factor for new 1st injection appointment and follow up appointment.
b. Do you have a locally agreed tariff with commissions that excludes the cost of the drug for follow up appointments?
i. For diagnostic (usually Ocular Computerised Tomography) and clinician review? (Please specify income for one attendance including market forces factor)
ii. For diagnostic (usually Ocular Computerised Tomography), clinician review and injection delivered at the same appointment? (Please specify income for one attendance including market forces factor)
iii. For diagnostic (usually Ocular Computerised Tomography), clinician review and injection delivered bilaterally at the same appointment? (Please specify income for one attendance including market forces factor)

Yours faithfully,

Jenny Price

DAVISON, Claire (MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST), Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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Dear Ms Price

 

Please see the attached letter.

 

Many thanks.

 

Claire Davison

Freedom of Information Assistant

Email: [1][email address]

 

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