Quality for Optometry

Completion of the Quality for Optometry Requirements are a contractual requirement as listed in The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023

There are several mandatory elements:

1. All practice managers and employees involved in the provision of NHS WGOS will have completed the Optometry Improving Quality Together Foundations e-learning package as part of their mandatory WGOS training.
2. Completion of a Quality improvement and governance self – assessment toolkit. QFO Annual Return 2024
3. Completion of a Workforce Reporting tool
4. Completion of three Service Insights (audits).

Workforce Reporting Tool: WGOS Workforce Data Capture Template

Completion of the WGOS Workforce Data Capture Template is a mandatory requirement.

Please read the Optometry Services Launch Communication and the WGOS Workforce Capture Guidance and FAQs

Practices will need to:

• Notify NWSSP of any changes to your workforce by the 5th working day of every month from March 2025 for employed staff (GOC/GMC registered staff only) and on a quarterly basis for Locums (GOC/GMC registered staff only) from April 2025.

Workforce data Locum Capture Details

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Quality for Optometry Annual Return

Completion of the toolkit  QFO-Annual-Return-2024-.xlsx is a mandatory requirement.

Practices should have completed all sections and submitted the required documents for review by the Local Health Board by 31/01/2025.

Optometry Wales has created a guidance document for contractors to use. Optometry Wales Guidance QfO – (PDF) /(Word)

This toolkit is separate to the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit that had been released previously by some Health Boards which can be found here IG Toolkit

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Service Insights – NHS Wales (2024/2025) These are now closed.

Information around the third Service Insight – Exploration of patient access to Primary Care Optometry in Wales, can be found here WGOS Service Insight 3_2024-2025

Information around the second Service Insight – WGOS1 Smoking Cessation, can be found here WGOS-Newsletter-15-1.pdf

Information around the first Service Insight – Environment, can be found here WGOS Newsletter 12

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