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Patient care
Objective 3:
Supporting patient care
We support the development and wellbeing of Moorfields staff,
the delivery of outstanding and safe patient care and the patient
experience. And we fund innovative equipment, facilities and
initiatives for improved diagnosis, treatment and patient wellbeing.
Supporting GPs in children’s
eye health
Amount invested
in innovations in
patient care over
the last three
years
Technology
and innovation £280,662
Patient
experience
Clinical trials
£576,860
£1,347,660
Then director of the children’s service at Moorfields, Dr
Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, was awarded an innovation grant
from the charity to find new and forward-looking ways to
deliver eye care to children following learnings from clinical
services post pandemic.
During the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, Moorfields simply
couldn’t see many of the children that they’d usually assess and
treat in person – but it was still critical that these children received
the eye care they required to protect their health and vision.
So, the Moorfields children’s service began carefully reviewing
cases to prioritise seeing the most urgent ones – and giving
advice and guidance to local GPs and optometrists on how
to treat lower-risk cases in the community. This removed the
need for many children to come to hospital.