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Vision screening of 4 to 5 year olds at school entry

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Dear Head of Orthoptic Service,

The British and Irish Orthoptic Society on behalf of the Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning are writing to make an open request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The purpose of this FOI request is to establish the provision of ‘orthoptic-led’ and/or ‘non-orthoptic-led’ vision screening across England.

Definition of ‘Orthoptic-led’:
A service that is led by a designated Orthoptist who is responsible for all aspects of delivery of vision screening to all eligible children. This includes leadership of the personnel delivering the screening, the care pathway and audit and quality assurance mechanisms. The testing of children may be either Orthoptist delivered or delivered by a vision screener trained by an orthoptist.

We would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions and their subsections (where applicable) for the financial year 2019/20 to allow us to establish current provision and support orthoptists in the future to deliver an ‘orthoptic led’ service.
Many thanks for providing this information, it will be extremely useful to support the objective of delivering equitable orthoptic led vision screening for ALL 4-5 year old children by mapping out current provision. If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact [[email address]]. We look forward to hearing from you.

Questions
1. How many LA and CCGs are served by your organisation for all acute, community and specialist services?
Please list them all.

2. Does your organisation provide the Orthoptic Services for the resident populations of these LAs and CCGs? Y/N

3. Is a vision screening service currently available in the area (by LA or CCG) served by your organisation for providing Orthoptic Services? Y / N
If NO - please list the LA/CCG that do not provide a vision screening service
If YES – For each commissioned screening service please indicate:
a. Who commissions it - LA or CCG?
b. Its compliance with the PHE service specifications i.e. Orthoptic-led and delivered with Quality Assurance and clinical audit processes (https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...)
i. Compliant
ii. Not compliant

4. List the key features of each commissioned screening service :
a. Settings (e.g. school).
b. Screening personnel (e.g. orthoptist, school nurse or other health professional).
c. The onward care pathway for children who fail the vision screening.
d. The quality assurance processes (audit) and identified clinical lead for the vision screening service.

5. Tell us how you monitor if every eligible child in the Local Authority or CCG commissioning the service has been tested (including those in private schools, or those who are home schooled).

6. Tell us whether a vision screening programme has been commissioned for the current financial year

7. If a vision screening service is not currently available, in a Local Authority or CCG served by your Organisation could you please tell us for each of these LA or CCGs –
a. why it has not been commissioned?
b. whether a service is planned for the next financial year (2020/21)?
c. whether an existing service has been recently decommissioned?

Yours faithfully,
Veronica Greenwood
Chair of British and Irish Orthoptic Society
Parul Desai
Chair of Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning

Portsmouth FOIRequests, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust



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Dear Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust,
Could you please advise on the progress of the FOI relating to Vision screening of 4 to 5 year olds at school entry?

It has been delayed and would like to know when we could expect a response.
Many thanks

Yours faithfully,

Jignasa Mehta

Portsmouth FOIRequests, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Dear Mr/Ms Jignasa,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in providing you with a response to your Freedom of information Request (19-20 139).

Unfortunately, the department who is handling your request has not yet completed their response and requires more time to do so. We will, of course, endeavour to send the response letter to you as soon as possible. We appreciate your understanding and would like to thank you for your patience at this time.

If you have any further questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the Freedom of Information Team [email address].

Kindest Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Information Governance Department
De La Court House
Direct dial: 02392 286000 Extension:3708
Internal: X 3708
FOI: [email address]

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Dear Portsmouth FOIRequests,
Many thanks for chasing the information. Could you please advise on a time frame of when I can expect a response please.

Yours sincerely,

Jignasa Mehta

FOI Request - Portsmouth - Group Mailbox, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Dear Jignasa

Sincere apologies for the delay in responding to you. Can we please request a further 20 day extension, we will aim to respond within this timeframe.

With many thanks

Claire

Claire Froggatt
Information Governance Officer

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Information Governance Department
Room 1.16 First Floor
De La Court House
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road
Cosham, Portsmouth
Hampshire PO6 3LY

Tel: 02392 286000 Ext: 3708

Email:                          [email address]
NHSmail:                      [email address]
General Enquiries:       [email address]
Hospital Website:         www.porthosp.nhs.uk

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Dear FOI Request - Portsmouth - Group Mailbox,

Would you please advise on whether you will be submitting a response to this FOI?

Yours sincerely,

Jignasa Mehta

FOI Request - Portsmouth - Group Mailbox, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Dear Jignasa,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in providing you with a response to your Freedom of Information Request.

Unfortunately, the department who is handling your request has not yet completed their response and requires more time to do so. We will, of course, endeavour to send the response letter to you as soon as possible. We appreciate your understanding and would like to thank you for your patience at this time.

If you have any further questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the Freedom of Information Team [email address]

Kindest Regards

Abigail Mahoney
Risk Administrator
De La Court House
Direct dial: 02392 286000 Extension:3708
Internal: X 3708
E-mail: [email address]
FOI: [email address]

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Dear Mr/Ms Mehta

 

Firstly please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to
you.

 

Please find attached Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust's letter of completion
for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
the Team.

 

Yours sincerely,  

 

Freedom of Information Team 

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Room 1.16 First Floor

De La Court House

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham, Portsmouth

Hampshire PO3 6LY

02392 286000 Ext. 3708

 

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