Diabetic Eye Screening Service
27 May 2021
Message from The Diabetic Eye Screening Program
We are getting quite a lot of calls from patients who are asking when their next screening appointment is due as they missed it last year.
The national diabetic eye screening programme used evidence from a study to show that people with diabetes who had no disease at their last screening were at very little risk of sight loss if their screening interval was extended by an addition year. This means that those screened in April 2019 with no retinopathy were due in April 2021 (and will have been offered an appointment), and those screened in June 2019 will be due this June 2021.
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North Yorkshire LOC Latest News
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AGM LOC Meeting Tuesday July 2nd 2024
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Harrogate Referrals new email addresss
The new email for Harrogate District Foundation Trust hospital is; hdft.eyereferrals@nhs.net The previous email address is no longer monitored.
19 December 2023
New Secretaries Report from Meeting on October 24th 2023
A new secretaries report has been posted from our fourth meeting in 2023
10 November 2023
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24 September 2023
Funding available for training and development of The Community Optometric workforce
Dear GOS Contractors, Humber and North Yorkshire NHS England, in collaboration with Local Optical Committees (LOCs) across the area, is funding a range of training and development opportunities to support the clinical and professional development for the Community Optometry workforce. This local funding is in addition to the recent funding offered by Health Education England …
30 November 2022
Mentoring for Optometrists
There is an attached flyer giving details on a mentoring scheme for Optometrists. The scheme is called GPMplus mentoring. GPMplus mentoring can support anyone who would like to explore ways to develop themselves, or who have a career problem or opportunity they’re not sure how to move forward with. Whilst the mentoring service is aimed …
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23 November 2022
ECP attitudes towards Myopia Management with CPD and peer review points
We are running another session of focus groups on the same topic – ECP attitudes towards Myopia Management. I would be extremely grateful if you would be able to share this poster to advertise this event with members of your LOC? Either at a meeting or in a newsletter or something similar? The session is scheduled for …
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5 September 2022
Hypertension Scheme
Re: Hypertension Scheme Training: We are pleased to share the link for the recorded training webinar session which took place on 14th June 2022 (the recording is 1 hour and 42 minutes). This session was specifically for GOS contractors and explains how to take BP measures, provide lifestyle advice and how to use PharmOutcomes to …
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24 June 2022