Professional profile
Accepts tertiary referrals in vitreoretinal surgery from Mid-Wales, Hereford, North Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
Hospital and Trust activities
Clinical Director of Head and Neck department 2008 to 2011.
Trustee of Shropshire and Mid-Wales Head and Neck Charity.
Volumes
- Cataract Surgery - 300 (January 2010 - January 2011)
- Vitrectomy - 150 (January 2010 - January 2011)
- Conventional detachment - 30 (January 2010 - January 2011)
Audit / Outcomes
Outcomes routinely recorded:
Patient assessed outcome measures
Mortality
- SF36 or other Short Form measure : No
- HRQOL : No
- Locally produced questionnaire : Yes
- (Please specify) : Patient satisfaction
- Peri-operative infection rate : Yes
- Late infection rate : No
- Peri-operative : Yes
- 30 day : Yes
- Longer term : No
- Time period : N/A
- Complication rates : Yes
- Details : I have been the audit lead for ophthalmology since 1999. I prepare an annual audit programme involving re-audits to close the audit cycle.
I prospectively audit my entire sub-specialty workload in vitreo-retinal surgery to ensure my outcomes are within Nationally agreed standards.
I regularly perform sample audits of my cataract surgery. My rate of vitreous loss is below 1%.
- Information held electronically or on paper? : Electronic
- Data benchmarked against other surgeons or centres using the same methodology? : Yes
- Data regularly reviewed or analysed by department?
: Yes
