Children
For more information about: children’s sight tests, safeguarding children in Suffolk and child protection pack, please click here.
Contract monitoring
For more information please click here.
Ophthalmic Contract Visit Form
Diabetic Screening
Please click here for the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme website.
Optician Documents
This section contains referral forms and policy documents. More information including waste disposal, patient leaflets and posters can be found on the Practice Information page.
Ophthalmology Factsheets
- Advice for floaters and flashing lights for primary care
- Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)
- Co-Managing the glaucoma suspect in primary care
- Management of dry eyes in primary care
- Management of infective conjunctivitis in primary care
- Patience information – eye health and sight loss
Referral Forms
- Suffolk referral form for Evolutio
- eRefer registration form
- Cataract Surgery – Optometrist Direct Referral
- Cataract Surgery Form (T11b) – Secondary care referral (PDF or Word)
- Cataract Surgery (T11a) – Primary Care referral and acute internal referral (PDF or Word)
Low Vision
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Suffolk Local Optical Committee
Suffolk Local Optometric Committee (LOC) is the organisation representing optometrists in Suffolk. It liaises with Suffolk CCGs on matters relating to eye care and represents Suffolk optometrists in negotiations with them.
Click here to see full list of Suffolk LOC members
Current GP and Opticians list
Freedom of information
Optical Fraud
Whilst the majority of people who work in and use the NHS are honest, there is a minority who will seek to defraud the NHS of its valuable resource. Read on to discover how to identify and report possible cases of fraud. For posters and leaflets please contact the Primary Care Team on 01473 770222.
Practice information
Useful links
- Fraud Queries
- Fraud and Corruption Helpline: 0800 028 40 60
- Fraud and Corruption online reporting
- Official Site for Monitoring Toolkit information
- General optical council
- Information Commissioners Office
- www.aop.org.uk
- www.college-optometrists.org
