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Transforming Cataract Surgery Referral Pathways – Webinar 9th May 2022

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce that as part of the new Heatherwood hospital development, we will be offering a new High Volume Low Complexity (HVLC) Cataract Surgery Hub at Heatherwood hospital which caters for 100 patients per week. The biggest focus of the cataract hub is to establish shared care decision making with …

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26 April 2022

New SpaMedica Oxford Eye Hospital – opening in summer 2022

SpaMedica is delighted to inform you that their new eye hospital in Oxford will be opening in summer 2022.  

21 April 2022

Royal Berkshire Post Cataract Service

Further to the update sent last week, please see the attached from PES. Please can you complete the expression of interest form so that PES can understand if the service is viable going forward if an improved fee and single data entry can be secured.       Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust cataract post-op service …

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12 April 2022

SpaMedica Accreditation Wednesday 27th April

SpaMedica Cataract Post-op Accreditation Evening Wednesday 27th April 2022 | 6 – 9pm SpaMedica Wokingham, Quoin House, Fishponds Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2QJ SpaMedica invite you to their Cataract Post-op Accreditation Evening on Wednesday 27th April 2022. Refreshments will be provided. There will be limited spaces so the event is first come first serve. SpaMedica …

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11 April 2022

RBHT Post Cataract Service – Update

As of the 7th of April 2022, no patients are being discharged into this service from The Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust. They are being discharged with Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU). This will mean they have a dedicated way to contact the RBHT if they have any cataract surgery related problems or queries. PES will …

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7 April 2022

Happy Ramadan

Wishing everyone who observes Ramadan a blessed month ☪️

2 April 2022

NHSE-I confirmation on LFD tests for patient facing staff

  LOCSU welcomes the confirmation from NHS England-Improvement that from 1st April, LFD tests for patient facing staff will continue to be available through the gov.uk portal. This is in line with UKHSA advice. More information can be seen here: C1621-living-with-COVID-19-testing-update-letter-30-march-2022.pdf (england.nhs.uk).  Optical professionals should contact their membership bodies with further enquiries.    

31 March 2022

Looking after our primary care people – Health and wellbeing engagement event

NHS England and NHS Improvement would like to invite all primary care colleagues from across general practice, dentistry, optometry and pharmacy to join an informative MS Teams event on 6 April at 5.00pm-6.30pm. This event will be a great opportunity to hear about current, dedicated health and wellbeing support offers available to colleagues working across …

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30 March 2022

Opera Updates for Monday 28th March

Please find attached the 3 emails sent to OPERA users informing them of important changes to their system access. This one-off exercise this will take place on Monday 28th March 2022 and will require users to provide an email address or mobile number to receive a code to log on. It is preferable to use an email where …

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27 March 2022

NOC 2022 Date and New Venue Announced

We’re pleased to confirm the NOC will be returning as a face-to-face event in Leeds on 10-12 October. The past two years have seen the NOC held as a virtual event due to the pandemic. Chief Executive Richard Whittington said: “The NOC in October will be a great opportunity for all LOCs to come together …

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23 March 2022