The Ophthalmology Team at the RBHT would like to invite you to join them for a Q&A session on: Tuesday 8th March @ 6:45pm via Teams. This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions about anything RBHT related (CCG’s, Evolutio, the post-cataract service etc) and hear directly from: Martin Leyland – Clinical …
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11 February 2022
Primary eye care has long been able to deliver a wide range of NHS care outside hospitals, including diagnosis, treatment, follow‐up to surgery, and the co‐management of long‐term conditions. Through NHS England’s National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation Programme, commissioners are being encouraged to take advantage of the full range of clinical expertise and infrastructure …
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11 February 2022
This is your invitation to our live CPD webinar event for our SpaMedica Accredited Partner Programme. The CPD webinar will be streamed live and is open to all community optometrists. SpaMedica is registered with the GOC as a CPD provider and you’ll receive two interactive CPD points for attending our SpaMedica Cataract Post-Op Accreditation session. Access details for …
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8 February 2022
The new continuing professional development (CPD) cycle has started. Like CET the newly launched CPD is points-based and runs over a three-year cycle, with the current cycle running from the start of this year until 31 December 2024. To support implementation and delivery of extended primary care pathways, LOCSU works with WOPEC to offer training courses, …
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1 February 2022
The Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust will be switching off the existing fax number for this service on the 1st of February 2022. From this date, please send all urgent referrals for suspected Wet AMD via email including with your patient data the following information: The date the patient was seen by the Optom Duration of symptoms/incidental finding Specify if the patient is …
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21 January 2022
WOPEC and LOCSU are holding another free virtual peer discussion around LOCSU’s clinical pathways on Monday 7th February starting at 6.30pm. It is 90 minutes long and has 3 CET points. This event is provided for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians represented by LOCs across England. Virtual peer discussion comprising three clinical cases …
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17 January 2022
Offer of free personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health and care staff extended until 31 March 2023 From: Department of Health and Social Care: Published 13 January 2022 Move follows public consultation, which received over 5,000 responses from across the health and care system Easier way of centrally ordering PPE to be tested by …
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14 January 2022
As you may have heard the Health Secretary has announced that the required period for self-isolation following a Covid exposure in England was now seven rather than 10 days (subject to negative lateral flow results on days six and seven). UKHSA has confirmed this guidance also applies to healthcare workers, although when going back into …
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12 January 2022
NHSE are currently in talks about looking to provide funding for Optometrists to complete the Independent Prescribing (IP) course. They are putting a case together and would like to gauge interest ASAP. The course will start at the end of January (face-to-face or virtual TBC). Places are limited (Approx 10 places for the whole of the South-East). …
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26 December 2021
As an Optometrist with Visioncall your role is very different from the norm in retail practice. You will have clinical freedom and the variation of getting out and about visiting patients, mainly within care home environments. With no evening or weekend working, you will be accompanied by an experienced Dispensers who will support you throughout …
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22 December 2021
LOCSU is refreshing the 2023/24 forward plan to build upon the progress undertaken in the last 12 months.
2 May 2024
Having lived in eight countries since the age of three, adapting to change comes naturally for Trisha Suryodiningrat-Dinsdale.
29 April 2024
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