In Scotland, eye emergencies are typically first seen by a community optometrist or a non-specialist emergency clinician, and then referred to a specialist ophthalmologist for opinion. This time-consuming process would often be unnecessary, if only the ophthalmologist could check the patient at the point of presentation.

NHS Forth Valley, the University of Strathclyde, and several other NHS Boards are collaborating to enable this using the telemedicine platforms that, within NHS Scotland, connect doctors, optometrists and patients in a group video call via a simple web browser, and live sharing of the view through specialist equipment.

This Engage with Strathclyde event will provide the opportunity to hear about the progress of this exciting initiative, from its origins in handling A&E referrals, through the management of eye care during the COVID-19 crisis, and beyond, from the people who are making it possible.

• 16:30     Welcome
  Mario Giardini, Senior Lecturer Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde.

• 16:35     The vision
  Janet Pooley, Optometric Advisor, National Eyecare Workstream, Scottish Government.

• 16:45     Emergency Teleophthalmology
  Iain Livingstone, Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Forth Valley. National TeleOphthalmology Lead, Scottish Government.

• 16:55     The pandemic response and Telemedicine
  John Olson, Consultant Ophthalmic Physician, Clinical Director Retinal Screening, Honorary Reader University of Aberdeen, OpenEyes Pathways Lead. 

• 17:10     TeleOphthalmology and Teaching
  Raksha Naik, University of Glasgow.

• 17:20     Evaluating impact
  Ruth Hamilton, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, Honorary Research Fellow with University of Glasgow, ISCEV President, Chair of the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Healthcare Science and Allied Health Professionals Committee. 

• 17:30     Q&A

• 17:45     OpenEyes and OpenEyes Meet: Telemedicine meets EPR
  Peter Coates, Managing Director, Apperta Foundation.

• 17:55     The Telemedicine Casualty in Moorfields
  Peter Thomas, Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Computational Neuroscientist, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Director of Digital Medicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Design Authority for OpenEyes.

• 18:05      Next Generation Home Vision Testing
  Sally Painter, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Clinical Lead, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

• 18:15     Live telemedicine
  Chris Ryan, Attend Anywhere CEO.

• 18:25     Q&A