Optometry Wales have shared information on a webinar for Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and Contact Lens Optician: Eyelid Lesions Retinal Diseases and Visual Acuity Monday 15th May 2023 6.30-7.30pm 1 Interactive CPD Point This is now available for booking on the registration link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tw7IFjxHQneZDGXxBz_4Cg Please contact Debbie.O’Sullivan@Optometrywales.com for more information.
3 May 2023
SpaMedica are delighted to announce that our state-of-the-art Oxford eye hospital is now fully open and accepting NHS referrals for our Ophthalmology Services from all NHS England ICB areas as part of patients choice of provider. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like any more information regarding SpaMedica and/or our services. T: …
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12 April 2023
We are delighted to announce our next webinar event, Updates in Refractive Surgery & Glaucoma is taking place on Wednesday the 19th of April at 7pm. This event, will be chaired by Ms Aoife Doyle, who is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin and Director of the …
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7 April 2023
Applications for the 2023 Scope Eyecare Independent Prescriber Bursary Scheme are now open. Now in its second year, this was established to support Optometrists who wish to enhance their clinical skills and qualify as Independent Prescribers. Through this new Bursary Scheme, Optometrists will be asked to submit an interesting patient case study where they …
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7 April 2023
Please see this statement from the OFNC in response to yesterday’s government announcement of a 4.5% uplift to GOS fees and pre-reg training grants. There is no uplift to CPD grants. As always, there is much work that sits behind any announcement and OFNC have negotiated hard on behalf the profession in order to achieve the …
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24 March 2023
What a great event! Fantastic to see so many of our colleagues in Berkshire come to together on the 14th of March to hear from Sarah-Lucie Watson, Bruce Evans and then collaborate together for the peer review session. Big thank you to Stephen Abery for organising such an engaging evening with the LOC Berkshire committee. …
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17 March 2023
The Optometric Fees Negotiating Committee (OFNC) notes that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today recognised that patients who depend on NHS support for essential vision correction need more help. DHSC has announced a 4.5% uplift to all NHS vouchers starting 1 April 2023. Although well below both current and recent levels …
6 March 2023
NHS England and NHSBSA have published new Post Payment Verification (PPV) guidance for GOS. Post payment verification for General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) payments: Guidance for Commissioners The NHSBSA said the new guidance aims to standardise the PPV process nationally to ensure it is “fair, consistent and proportionate”. It said its new guidance will result …
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3 March 2023
Assessing The Red Eye in Optometric Practice Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 6.30pm. Presented by Mr Geraint Williams. 1 Interactive CPD point; available to OO’S/ CLO’s and DO’s. The learning objectives are: Diagnosing patients presenting with red eye Decision making in whether the patient needs to be seen in eye casualty/under WECS or sent …
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1 March 2023
This November, LOCSU is going on the road again with seven Regional Optical Conferences.
15 July 2024
The GOC recently carried out a survey to understand more about the businesses it regulates and the issues they face.
1 July 2024
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