CPD Save the Date, Referral Contacts List, Waiting Times, PCSE Downtime, FODO News

1 May 2025

We have 5 items for you today:

1. CPD Save The Date
   Herts LOC are planning an in-person CPD event in Welwyn on the evening of Tuesday 1st April 2025. Details will follow soon but we thought we’d give you a head-up on the date so you can keep it free.
2. Referral Contacts List
   A new version of this popular and useful list is now on our website, HERE. It can also be download and/or printed, if you wish. Following the recent changes to non-urgent pathways, we have kept this sheet to urgent and emergency contact information. We are working on a separate listing with contact details for routine, direct referrals and will publish this as soon as we can. We hope this is clear but please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions at admin@hertsloc.org.uk
3. Waiting times for Cataracts at Trusts
   Please find below the current waiting times, as supplied by the local ICB, with thanks:

   Organisation:	Average number of weeks from referral received to date of 1st appointment	Average number of weeks wait for cataract surgery after listing LA	Average number of weeks wait for cataract surgery after listing GA
   East and North Hertfordshire Trust (Lister)	6.5	20.5	24
   West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust (Watford)	9	5	8
   Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust (Harlow)	12	Not able to provide at present	Not able to provide at present

    

   We hope the information is of help to you but should you have any questions, please email us at admin@hertsloc.org.uk and we will forward them accordingly.
4. PCSE Downtime
   Due to an IT system upgrade, PCSE advise that their online system will not be available from 6pm on Friday 7th March until 3pm on Saturday 8 March. They advise that this will also impact practices using a PMS with integrated eGOS system. Further information, including preparation advice and the procedure to follow for GOS when the system is down, can be found HERE.
    
5. FODO News
   Is HERE, including Sector responds to the Spending Review, Enhanced services decommissioned in England region and College and RAC ramp up campaign to tackle headlight glare. Their update from 14th February Is HERE, including NHS celebrates 75 years of cataract surgery, NHS Mandate published and NHS Standard Contract and Payment Scheme consultations.

 

Kind regards

Herts LOC