*4.3. The Organization: Implementing a VC for Glaucoma* 4.3.1. Role of the Staff

The prerequisite skills of the non-medical staff working in the corresponding VC are listed in Table 6.


**Table 6.** The prerequisite skills of the non-medical staff working in the corresponding virtual clinic.

Abbreviations: x = task performed by the corresponding member of the non-medical staff; - = task performed by the other member of the non-medical staff; 0 = task not performed by any member of the non-medical staff; x\* = not specified which member of the non-medical staff performed the clinical assessment; Opto = optometrist; OT = ophthalmic technician; ONP: ophthalmic nurse practitioner; HCA = health care assistant; x(a) = anterior segment; NS = not specified; NMS = non-medical staff; IOP = intra-ocular pressure; VA = visual acuity; OCT(angle) = anterior segment optical coherence tomography for angle assessment; VF = visual field; OCT = optical coherence tomography; HRT = Heidelberg retinal tomography; CCT = central corneal thickness; VC = virtual clinic; GCC = Glaucoma Classifying Clinic; GSC = Glaucoma Screening Clinic; SMS = Stable Monitoring Service; GSMS = Glaucoma Screening and Stable Monitoring Service; GAC = Glaucoma Assessment Clinic, PAEP = Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, MREH = Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, BEH = Bristol Eye Hospital, REIP = The Royal Eye Infirmary Plymouth.
