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AGM LOC Meeting Tuesday April 9th 2024

The AGM LOC meeting will be held at The Crown Hotel Boroughbridge on Tuesday April 9th 2024.There will be a Finger Buffet at 6:30pm meeting commences 7:00pm. Please inform our Chairman if you wish to attend. Please email :  chairnyloc@gmail.com  

10 January 2024

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

Log in not needed

We have been asked if a log in is needed for our site. We have no private members section so a log in is never needed to access all areas of our site.

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 …

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 …

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 …

24 June 2022

Referrals and North Yorks GP Lists

Our referral tab now has up to date downloadable GP lists Word format upload for York and Selby GP Practices York and Selby GP Practices- updated 10-7-22

14 August 2021

Diabetic Eye Screening Service

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 …

27 May 2021

LOCSU Latest News

OFNC – Derisory GOS Fee Imposed by DHSC

Government has today announced that it has decided to impose another real-terms cut to the NHS sight test fee.

26 March 2024

OFNC Update on GOS Fees 2024/25

Many contractors have been asking for news about fees and grants. 

5 March 2024

Free Tier 1 Oliver McGowan Training for Optical Staff

The Health and Social Care Act 2022 has made it a requirement of all CQC regulated health and care providers that all their staff receive mandatory learning disability and autism awareness training by people with lived experience.

29 February 2024

RNIB Introduces Ground-Breaking Framework for Low Vision Care

The RNIB is launching the development of a landmark set of guidelines and framework to help low vision clinics.

28 February 2024