Macular Referral Service Engagement Event – BEH/LOC/Primary Eye Care Services – Wed 5th March 2025
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Bristol Eye Hospital, Avon LOC and Primary Eyecare Services would like to invite you to the following in-person event:
Bristol Eye Hospital, Avon LOC and Primary Eyecare Services Engagement Event
Wednesday 5th March 2025
Engineers House, The Promenade, Avon, Clifton Down, Bristol BS8 3NB
*Free parking for 175 cars available*
17.30: Doors open
18.00: Food provided, networking
19.00: Update on BNSSG Enhanced Imaging Macula Referral Service
20.00: Talk from Mr Hayes, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Bristol Eye Hospital
The BNSSG Enhanced Imaging Macula Referral Service is an innovative new pathway, launched as a pilot in July 2024, and allows direct referral, with appropriate imaging, of patients with suspected macula pathology for remote assessment by the Medical Retina team at Bristol Eye Hospital.
This event will be ideal for practices and optometrists who are already live and providing the service, those who are part way through onboarding and those who have not yet completed the Expression of Interest and onboarded to Opera and would like to find out more about the service.
Please register here
Please visit the Avon LOC website here to find information about the service including how to express your interest in providing the service and the onboarding process.
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