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Hampshire LOC AGM 2025 & Peer Review CPD – 11 June 2025 from 18:30hrs

28 April 2025

Hampshire LOC AGM 2025

Location –  Winchester Hotel & Spa, Worthy Lane, Winchester SO23 7AB

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The Hampshire LOC AGM taking place on Wednesday 11 June 2025

This meeting is open to all Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS GOS Contractors and associated Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and Contact Lens Opticians

To reserve your place at this year’s event please click  – here

The evening will commence with registration and hot buffet from 18:30 – 19:15.

The AGM will commence at 1915hrs. The outline agenda for the evening is:

  • Chair’s Report
  • Treasurers Report
  • Vote of acceptance
  • Vote on nomination of accounts scrutineers 2024-25
  • Committee election results (if required)
    LOCSU Report

The AGM will be followed by a lecture ‘There’s more to AMD than Wet or Dry’ provided by our guest speaker, Mr Nish Srikantha MBBS PhD PGcertHE FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in Glaucoma, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Committee Nominations:

There are vacancies on the management committee for two Contractor and two Performer representatives. Your support for the committee would be greatly appreciated and you can develop new skills along the way

If you wish to be nominated for a position on the Committee; you should complete the Nomination paper available – here

Please return completed nomination papers by Friday 16th May 2025 to –  isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk

Attendance:

Tickets for this event are free. Places are limited so registration is a must. To register for attendance please go to the ticket source page – here

Proxy/Postal Votes:

If you are unable to attend and require a proxy or postal vote for committee elections, acceptance of accounts and accounts scrutineers 2024-25 please email Ian Silk as above, by Monday 19 May 2025

All papers for the AGM will be sent out week commencing 19 May 2025

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