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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

Urgent Advice Re: York Hospital Referrals

York Hospital Trust Advice 26th May 2021 As you may be aware the fax machine in the eye dept is not accessible currently and is broken. We are awaiting an email solution and once this is set up for the nurse practitioners by Andy we will go live with this and fax referrals will be …

26 May 2021

New Website

North Yorkshire LOC now have a new website, if you would like anything adding or have any suggestions please contact our LOC Secretary. The email address is at the bottom of the site.

23 May 2021

York Hospitals trust website has gone live

A-Z of services – There is a section on diabetic eye screening. We can now start directing patients to their website for further information on their services. There is a useful section for local optometrists and details of how to contact the service etc. https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-of-services/diabetic-eye-screening/

28 October 2020

Notice of Relocation: NHS England & Improvement – Primary Care Team (West Yorkshire & Harrogate)

I am writing to let you know that our Primary Care Team, which covers the West Yorkshire and Harrogate area, has now moved from Leeds City Office Park to Quarry House in Leeds. Our new address, with immediate effect, is: Primary Care Commissioning North East and Yorkshire NHS England & NHS Improvement 6E05 Quarry House …

28 October 2020

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