Local funding would reduce waiting lists for cataracts

doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1033

BMJ 2002;325:1033 ( 2 November )

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Local funding would reduce waiting lists for cataracts

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EDITOR $---$ In her editorial on recruiting overseas doctors Rosen makes several important points.¹ We have been informed bythe strategic health authority for Avon, Gloucestershire, andWiltshire Strategic Health Authority that many patients with cataractsfrom Bristol Eye Hospital will have surgery carried out at a localdistrict general hospital by a European team. Our nursing staffwere asked to provide information about the number of "straightforward"cataract cases on our waiting list. We expressed a willingnessto carry out this work ourselves and were told by the Departmentof Health that bids to carry out surgery to reduce numbers onthe waiting list would be favourably received. Our highly competitivebid was, however, turned down, without having ever been lookedat, despite having the obvious advantages of audit, appraisal,and continuity ofcare.

Bristol Eye Hospital has consistently been at the forefront of innovation in ophthalmology and cataract . . . [Full text of this article]

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