{"id":1616,"date":"2025-12-01T12:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:36:48","slug":"hampshire-loc-survey-independent-prescribing-optometry-in-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/2025\/12\/01\/hampshire-loc-survey-independent-prescribing-optometry-in-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampshire LOC Survey &#8211; Independent Prescribing Optometry in Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Hampshire Independent Prescribing Optometry Survey\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hampshire LOC has been approached by Southampton General Hospital Eye Department to help update information on Independent Prescribing (IP) optometrists across the region. They are keen to understand:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" data-position=\"outside\">\n<li>How many qualified IP optometrists are currently practising in Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>Experiences of those undertaking the IP course, particularly around hospital placements<\/li>\n<li>Views of optometrists considering the course in the future<\/li>\n<li>Reasons why some colleagues have chosen not to pursue the qualification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This\u00a0survey\u00a0will provide valuable insight into the opportunities and challenges surrounding IP training and qualification. The feedback will help inform discussions with Southampton Eye Department, especially around hospital placement availability.<\/p>\n<p>Your input is greatly appreciated and will directly support efforts to improve access to training and strengthen the profession locally.<\/p>\n<p>Please take a few minutes to complete the questions in the survey enclosed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/p5HEFYAUmT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\">Independent Prescribing Optometrists in Hampshire \u2013 LOC Survey \u2013 Fill in form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire Independent Prescribing Optometry Survey\u00a0 Hampshire LOC has been approached by Southampton General Hospital Eye Department to help update information on Independent Prescribing (IP) optometrists across the region. They are keen to understand: How many qualified IP optometrists are currently practising in Hampshire Experiences of those undertaking the IP course, particularly around hospital placements Views &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/2025\/12\/01\/hampshire-loc-survey-independent-prescribing-optometry-in-hampshire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hampshire LOC Survey &#8211; Independent Prescribing Optometry in Hampshire&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/hampshire-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}