Commissioning the Cardiff University simulation suite and a new head of ophthalmology

Concepts

• cardiff
• education and training
• university level
• ophthalmology training
• ophthalmology
• simulation equipment
• the cardiff university simulation suite
• the ophthalmic simulation suite
• the wales ophthalmology specialist training programme
• cardiff university’s school

Location

Cardiff

Description

HEIW has commissioned access for trainees on the Wales Ophthalmology Specialist Training programme to simulation equipment and facilities within the Ophthalmic Simulation Suite in Cardiff University’s School of Optometry and Vision sciences. Welsh Government have issued GBP 760,000 of funding to support the development of the Ophthalmic Simulation suite to meet the Royal College of Ophthalmologists curriculum requirements for Ophthalmology training. HEIW have agreed to funding on an annual basis as a proportionate contribution towards the management, running and consumable costs for the centre.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80430000 - Adult-education services at university level

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

There is currently a shortage of Consultant Ophthalmologist in Wales, with further challenges in recruiting and retaining new trainee Consultant Ophthalmologists. The scale of this shortage was recently highlighted in an external report which showed that there are currently 1.8 Ophthalmology Consultant per 100,000 population which is the lowest in the UK. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists recommends that there should be 3 to 3.5 Consultant Ophthalmologists per 100,000 population.

Other Information

(WA Ref:143348)