Community Eyecare Across NE London

OPTICAL PRACTICE - Islington

Islington MECS – Paperwork/Information Required

Practice paperwork required:

  • Practice/Company Name (for contract) and email address and name of person to sign sub-contract (we will also send a registration form for the IT software)
  • Copies of practice/company Employers Liability and Public Liability Insurance certificates
  • Quality in Optometry checklists relating to practices subcontracting to a Primary Eyecare Company (to access this, go to the Quality in Optometry website (link below), click on NHS Contracts, and then use the drop-down box on the bottom left-hand side to click on ‘Subcontractor Practice (subcontracting from a Primary Eyecare Company)’. Complete the checklists for General Conditions, Service Conditions and Information Governance. The Primary Eyecare company is Primary Eyecare (ELC) Ltd.
  • Quality in Optometry Infection Control Audit (found under the Audit section of the Quality of Optometry website).
  • Quality in Optometry checklists relating to GOS Contracts

http://www.qualityinoptometry.co.uk/

  • Confirmation that you have successfully completed and published the Data Security & Protection Toolkit

https://www.dsptoolkit.nhs.uk/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

For participating optometrists:

  • Copies of the DOCET Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children Certificates, Level 2 (or equivalent) for all participating Optometrists (links below). Must be less than three years old.

https://docet.info/enrol/index.php?id=235

https://docet.info/enrol/index.php?id=236

  • Copies of PEARS/MECS Certificates (including OSCE) for all participating optometrists
  • Copies of WOPEC Glaucoma Certificates (including OSCE or local practical assessment) for all participating optometrists
  • Copies of WOPEC Cataract Certificates for all participating optometrists
  • Copies of current enhanced DBS checks for all participating optometrists (updates to existing DBS checks can be done online). Must be less than three years old.
  • Copies of “Prevent Radicalisation – Basic Prevent Awareness” training certificate for all participating optometrists (E-Learning for Health or Government website – links below):

https://www.elearning.prevent.homeoffice.gov.uk/edu/screen1.html

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/).

To register for this website, the user will need an NHS.net email address. If they do not have one, you can set up a bulk account for your practice.

Please email [email protected] if you would like instructions for this.

All paperwork can be emailed to [email protected] or faxed to 0871 661 6532.

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