Ophthalmic services (FOI)

Request

Please find below questions I would like to have answered via Freedom of Information (FOI) for Jersey General Hospital.

The suggested relevant / responsible individuals in your hospital / Trust are likely to be:

• Procurement Officer for Ophthalmology

• Director / Clinical Manager for Ophthalmology

• Clinical Director of Cataract Services

Intraocular Lenses

1. When is your current Intraocular lens (IOL) contract for Ophthalmology up for renewal?

2. Who is your current Intraocular lens provider / providers?

3. How long will your future Intraocular tender contract run for?

4. Do you use Toric Lenses for NHS patients or for private?

5. Who is your current Toric Lens supplier?

6. Do you have a Toric pathway?

7. Do you currently have a managed service in place for Ophthalmology? (In other words, does your provider of Ophthalmic equipment or IOLs provide a demand and inventory support as a service which is VAT under a managed service agreement?)

Cataract Equipment

1. When is your Phaco machinery contract up for renewal?

2. How many Phaco machines do you currently have at your sites?

3. Who is your current provider of the Phaco machinery?

4. How long will the future Phaco contract run for?

Vitro Retinal (VR) Equipment

1. When is your Vitro retinal machinery contract up for renewal?

2. How many Vitro retinal machines do you currently have at your sites?

3. Who is your current provider of your vitro retinal machinery?

4. How long will the Vitro retinal contract run for?

Cataract and VR Custom PAKS

1. When is your cataract custom PAKS contract up for renewal?

2. Who is your current custom PAKS provider?

3. How long will your custom PAKS contract run for?

4. When is your VR custom PAKS contract up for renewal?

5. Who is your current VR custom PAK provider?

6. How long will the VR custom PAKS contract run for?

7. How many cataract procedures did you do in the financial year 2016 to 2017?

8. How many VR procedures did you do in the financial year 2016 to 2017?

Response

Intraocular Lenses

1. We have no direct formal contract in place with the supplier

2. Our current Intraocular lens provider is Hoya

3. We do not have a tender on our immediate work plan

4. Jersey Hospital is not part of the NHS. We do not use Toric Lenses. Private patients deal directly with their respective consultants and do not involve the Hospital

5. Jersey Hospital do not use Toric Lenses

6. We do not have a Toric pathway

7. We do not currently have a managed service agreement for Ophthalmology

Cataract Equipment

1. We have no direct formal contract in place with the supplier

2. We currently have two cataract machines

3. Our current provider of the Phaco machinery is Oertli

4. We do not have a tender on our immediate work plan

Vitro Retinal (VR) Equipment

1. We have no direct formal contract in place with the supplier

2. We currently have two VR machines

3. Our current provider of our vitro retinal machinery is Oertli

4. We do not have a tender on our immediate work plan

Cataract and VR Custom PAKS

1. We have no direct formal contract in place with the supplier

2. Our current custom PAKS provider is Spectrum

3. We do not have a tender on our immediate work plan

4. We have no direct formal contract in place with the supplier

5. Our current VR custom PAK provider is Spectrum

6. We do not have a tender on our immediate work plan

7. The number range is between 500 and 1000

8. The number range is between 50 and 100