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National Eye Health Week 18th – 24th of September

Welcome to the NEHW Electronic Resource Centre Please find below the resources for National Eye Health Week 2023 from the NEHW Electronic Resource Centre. Here you’ll find a host of ‘print your own’ resources to help you spread the word on eye health during National Eye Health Week 2023. Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) …

18 September 2023

PCSE UAT environment downtime

Primary Care Support England UAT environment downtime – Friday 15 September Dear Colleague, We’re letting you know about scheduled maintenance taking place in the UAT environment. Due to scheduled maintenance, please note that the PCSE UAT environment will be unavailable from 9am tomorrow morning, Friday 15 September, until 8am on Monday 25 September. We will be in touch if there …

14 September 2023

REGO update

Dear All, For practices who see patients with a West Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire GP. The NHS locally has decided that from 1/9/23 we need to refer non-urgent patients directly using the platform ‘REGO’. Most practices now have access to the platform. To help monitor and plan for a more efficient NHS, they require all …

3 September 2023

Berkshire West – Primary Care Strategy Survey

Dear Colleague, Hope you are well. The Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS) has a vision that ‘everyone who lives in BOB should have the best possible start in life, live happier, healthier lives for longer and be able to access the right support when they need it’. In order to deliver on …

25 August 2023

REGO training video

  Please find above the recording of the REGO training session recorded on the 27th of June. For patients that have a GP in WEST BERKSHIRE, the EeRS service via REGO is due to launch the on the 1st of September. Contact REGO to sign up for your practice: Rego.implementation@necsws.com with the following information: Practice …

16 August 2023

Virtual CPD event – Review of common macular diseases 7th of September

Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology are delighted to offer a virtual ‘Review of common macular diseases’ accredited event for local referrers Our FREE educational CPD lecture will cover a review of the most common macular diseases encountered in everyday clinical practice, and the principles of OCT diagnosis and treatment. This includes: – Wet AMD – Drusen – …

14 August 2023

SCOPE – AMD Webinar 12th of September

Please see invitation from SCOPE to join their AMD webinar on the the 12th of September, 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Register online via the link.

9 August 2023

EeRS – West Berkshire Launch 1st of September

EeRS is an electronic system for referring directly from optometry, bypassing the GP. For patients that have a GP in WEST BERKSHIRE, this service will be via the REGO platform, and is due to go live on the 1st of September. After this date, GPs will be instructed to return any ophthalmology referrals to your …

9 August 2023

CHEC CPD Event – 7th September

  CHEC are running a  CPD Event in Slough, taking place on:  Thursday 7th September, 7pm-9pm.   The CPD event will be about wellbeing, ‘Transform Your Mind and Life: for practice, practitioner and patient’, and will be hosted by Sheena Tanna-Shah.   Sheena runs wellbeing business ‘Inspiring Success’, she is a Rapid Transformation Therapy Practitioner, …

28 July 2023

CHEC CPD Event – 9th August

CHEC  have organised a virtual CPD event on Wednesday 9th August, 7pm-8.30pm. The CPD event topic is ‘The Dodgy Disc’, hosted by Clinical Director of Ophthalmology at CHEC, Mahmoud Rabie. Optometrists attending this event will receive 1 interactive CPD point! Invitation Link/ Signup Form: https://info.chec.uk/chec-cpd-webinar  

24 July 2023

LOCSU Latest News

OFNC Statement: Clinical Priority Codes

NHS England has published new clinical priority codes for use by GOS contractors in England.

2 December 2024

Investing in Eye Care Services Could Bring £98M Net Benefits for the NHS per Year, New Findings Show

New report reveals the untapped clinical and socio-economic impact of primary eye care.

29 November 2024

Regional Optical Conferences Take Place Across England

Over the last two weeks, LOCSU have been travelling across England for the Regional Optical Conferences (ROCs).

28 November 2024

Save the Date for NOC 2025!

Our flagship event is back in 2025 bringing together the optical community for another outstanding session of sharing, learning, and networking.

28 November 2024

Find out about upcoming events

Find out about upcoming events