Table 1 Structure of Telephone Consultation.

From: High patient acceptance of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) as part of a one-stop see-and-treat pathway within an innovative NHS cataract unit

• Confirms patient details and agreement with content in referral letter

• Ensures patient has received, read and understood S&T cataract resources

• Establishes symptoms and willingness for surgery

• Past ophthalmic history

• Establishes consent with S&T model

• Discusses risks and benefits of cataract surgery

• Discusses refractive outcome and documents provisional refractive target

• If suitable for offering ISBCS, discusses patient options of ISBCS or DSBCS, the advantages of each and records patients’ preference.

• If patients’ preference is for S&T ISBCS then discusses that if additional conditions are discovered on the day of surgery, they may not be eligible for surgery on one/both eyes.

• Any additional questions arising from the S&T booklet or from the phone call are answered.

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