Cataract Case Studies

Staffordshire Enhanced Services: A Platform for Eye Care Transformation. Published in May 2025.

This case study looks at enhanced services in Staffordshire.

Optometry First – Isle of Wight. Published in November 2023.

This case study looks at Optometry First, a comprehensive care model which promotes utilising primary care optometry in the delivery of first contact care to resolution and continuity of care for people with long-term eye condition, working in partnership with the hospital eye service.

The Role of the Optometrist in Cataract Care. Published in February 2022.

This case study explores the role of optometrists across the entire cataract care pathway, encompassing pre and post cataract care, following the LOCSU pathway, in primary care and within the hospital.

Postoperative Cataract Care – Independent Sector Provider of NHS Cataract Surgery Collaboration with Primary Care Optometry. Published January 2022.

This case study looks at implementing a post-operative cataract care pathway, delivered by primary care optometry.

Mid Yorkshire Trust in Wakefield – One of the Earliest To Implement a Postoperative-Cataract Service in Conjunction With Wakefield LOC. Published October 2021.

This case study looks at a local post-operative pathway utilising the core skills within primary care optometry.