Michael Bowen

The Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership (SLV-PSP): overview and results of the research prioritisation survey process.

Objectives The Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership aimed to identify research priorities relating to sight loss and vision through consultation with patients, carers and clinicians. These priorities can be used to inform funding bodies’ decisions and enhance the case for additional research funding. Design Prospective survey with support from the James Lind Alliance. Setting UK-wide National Health Service (NHS) and non-NHS. Participants Patients, carers and eye health professionals. Academic researchers were excluded solely from the prioritisation process. The survey was disseminated by patient groups, professional bodies, at conferences and through the media, and was available for completion online, by phone, by post and by alternative formats (Braille and audio). Outcome measure People were asked to submit the questions about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sight loss and eye conditions that they most wanted to see answered by research. Returned survey questions were reviewed by a data assessment group. Priorities were established across eye disease categories at final workshops. Results 2220 people responded generating 4461 submissions. Sixty-five per cent of respondents had sight loss and/or an eye condition. Following initial data analysis, 686 submissions remained which were circulated for interim prioritisation (excluding cataract and ocular cancer questions) to 446 patients/carers and 218 professionals. The remaining 346 questions were discussed at final prioritisation workshops to reach agreement of top questions per category. Conclusions The exercise engaged a diverse community of stakeholders generating a wide range of conditions and research questions. Top priority questions were established across 12 eye disease categories.

Scope of practice of optometrists working in the UK Hospital Eye Service: a national survey.

The role of the optometrist in the Hospital Eye Service (HES) has undergone significant development in recent years to include extended areas of clinical practice more traditionally undertaken by ophthalmologists, commensurate with a growing demand for increased capacity in ophthalmic services. In this report, we present the findings from a national survey of the scope of practice of optometrists working in the UK HES.

The videm summit: Developing patient, carer, and clinician driven research priorities for concurrent visual impairment and dementia.

P4-277 THE VIDEM SUMMIT: DEVELOPING PATIENT, CARER, AND CLINICIAN DRIVEN RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR CONCURRENT VISUAL IMPAIRMENTAND DEMENTIA. Michael Bowen, Sarah Buchanan, Susan Maskell, James Pickett, Katherine Cowan, David Edgar, Beverley Hancock, Rosa Pepe, Rakhee Shah, The College of Optometrists, London, United Kingdom; The Thomas Pocklington Trust, London, United Kingdom; PPI Representative, Lincoln, United Kingdom; Alzheimer’s Society, London, United Kingdom; James Lind Alliance, National Institute for Health Research Evaluation Trials & Studies Coordinating Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; City University London, London, United Kingdom; The Outside Clinic, Swindon, United Kingdom. Contact e-mail: michael. bowen@college-optometrists.org