OFNC GUIDANCE ON COVID-19 FUNDING FOR OPTICAL PRACTICES IN ENGLAND As set out in our statement of 26 October, this guidance provides more information about the COVID-19 funding arrangements set out in NHS England’s letter of 26 October (reference 001559). This OFNC guidance has been endorsed by the NHS England-Improvement optical commissioning …
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28 October 2020
Since the end of June the OFNC has continued to negotiate hard with NHS England to secure ongoing COVID-19 funding for practices, which was initially set to end on 30 June. While negotiations continued, we agreed with NHS England that COVID-19 funding for practices in England would be extended to cover July and …
26 October 2020
SpaMedica would like to invite you to their accreditation evening at SpaMedica Wokingham and streaming live via webinar. You will receive one interactive CET point for attending. SpaMedica is registered with the GOC as a CET provider and delegates receive one CET point for attending our SpaMedica Cataract Post-op Accreditation session. We are …
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25 October 2020
Dear Colleagues, You should have recently received an email inviting you to register on the PPE portal so that you are able to order PPE free of charge, the email would have been from (please note this email address does not accept incoming emails): ppe.dedicated.supply.channel@notifications.service.gov.uk Contractors are asked to check their mailboxes and …
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7 October 2020
We issued an update on COVID-19 payments for GOS providers in England on 4 September, confirming that average GOS support would remain in place until the end of August. Since then, we have continued to negotiate with NHS England on further support for domiciliary providers, and for those fixed practices in deprived areas which rely …
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6 October 2020
Oriel is a partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UCL and Moorfields Eye Charity. We need a new purpose-built centre to respond to the growing demand for eye health services. We are planning to relocate the services of Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology from our current buildings in Islington …
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30 September 2020
We’re delighted to announce that we’re opening a new state-of-the-art hospital in Wokingham, providing the following NHS Ophthalmology Services – Cataract Surgery and YAG Laser Capsulotomy. The hospital will be opening in November 2020 and we are accepting referrals, as normal. Please be assured we have taken many steps within all our patient pathways, to ensure the utmost …
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24 September 2020
The issue which users experienced yesterday whilst accessing PCSE Online has now been resolved, our technical experts will continue to monitor the situation throughout the day. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.
19 September 2020
This year’s National Eye Health Week (NEHW) will take place from 21 to 27 September 2020, promoting the importance of good eye health and the need for regular eye tests for all.
18 September 2020
As many practices are in the middle of transitioning to the new online GOS claims system, to help make roll outs as smooth as possible, we’ve moved the date for the introduction of new paper forms to 1 November. This means the current paper forms remain in use until Saturday 31 October. You will receive a contingency pack of the new style paper forms in the next few weeks. …
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17 September 2020
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care has published its review of the General Optical Council’s performance in 2023-24.
12 March 2025
This year’s event will take place on Sunday 18 – Monday 19 May 2025 at Hilton Birmingham Metropole.
6 March 2025
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