RANZCO welcomed 26 eye health stakeholders on 10 August to the third installation of the Collaborative Care Workshops, as part of the Vision 2030 and beyond implementation.
With a focus on age related macular degeneration (AMD) and facilitated by Chair of RANZCO’s AMD Working Group, A/Prof Hessom Razavi and Prof Robyn Guymer, it was a successful event with an informative discussion on three key issues relating to AMD in Australia: education and advocacy, collaborative care models for AMD and management of geographic atrophy and low vision from advanced AMD.
A range of recommendations were made to raise awareness among patients and health professionals of the different stages of AMD, to scale up collaborative care models in order to improve service delivery for AMD management and to increase access to low vision services. The event was attended by ophthalmologists, optometrists, orthoptists, a GP and representatives from consumer organisations and policy and advocacy peak bodies.
