Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 27 January 2023
28 January 2023
Important Message for Contractors /Performers in North and NE Hampshire
Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey LOCs are aware that Frimley Hospital Trust are discharging post cataract patients to community practices and requesting data without an agreed funded pathway being in place.
This is not condoned by the LOCs and you are asked to read the LOC advice contained in a joint letter – here.
Studying for IP Qualification or Qualified?
If you are an Optometrist in Hampshire and Isle of Wight currently studying for your IP qualification we would like to hear from you.
Aside from name and email address, we would like to know:
– Where you are in practice?
– Confirmation that you are currently studying.
– Do you have a placement or are you struggling to get a placement
Hampshire LOC has been discussing with ICB representatives and hospital Trusts, the difficulty optometrists are facing in gaining placements in order to complete their IP qualification. Answers to the above questions will help us in raising the issue further and hopefully go some way to getting a resolution.
Please email your responses to the Hampshire LOC Business Manager isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk
If you are a qualified IP optometrist we would also like to hear from you regarding your experience of getting a placement and also allows us to update our list of IP optometrists.
Please respond if you haven’t done so already.
Optegra Online CPD Event – 25 January 2023
Optegra are hosting a dry eye and red eye CPD event on 25th January.
Further details and how to register can be found – here
Optegra Whiteley CPD Event – 07 February 2023
Optegra Whiteley are hosting a face to face Keratoconus CPD event on 07 February 2023.
Further details can be found – here
Optegra Online CPD Event – 27 February 2023
Optegra are hosting an online Keratoconus CPD event on 27 February 2023. Further details can be found – here
To register please use this link – here
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Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 11 April 2025
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Save the Date! – Hampshire LOC AGM – 11 June 2025 Hampshire LOC will be holding its AGM on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at the Winchester Hotel, Winchester SO 23 7AB from 18:30hrs. We are pleased to announce our guest speaker this year is Mr Nish Srikantha MBBS PhD PGcertHE FRCOphth. Consultant ophthalmologist specialising in …
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REMINDER – Hampshire LOC Post Contract Meeting – 02 April 2025 Hampshire LOC will be holding a Teams meeting on Wednesday 02 April from 19:30 – 20:30hrs. to discuss what happens post 31 March when the ICB contract for enhanced services ends. We will cover items including what the LOC recommends with regards to patients …
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Hampshire LOC Cataract Single Point of Access Questionnaire – April 2025 Following the Hampshire wide introduction of the Cataract Single Point of Access (SPOA), also known as ‘Dora’ we would like to advise contractors and clinicians, that Hampshire LOC will be sending out a questionnaire at the end of April to gather feedback on how …
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Important Information – Hampshire and Isle of Wight Contracts Primary EyeCare Service Update The latest update is available via this link. If you have any questions for the LOC please email Bryony Allen, the Chair via ballen@hampshireloc.org.uk as the LOC Business Manager is on leave. If you receive concerns or complaints from patients please advise …
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1 March 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 21 February 2025
Important Information – Hampshire and Isle of Wight Contracts Primary EyeCare Service Update Dear Colleagues, Primary Eyecare Services, along with the Local Optical Committee (LOC), met with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB) to discuss decommissioning and exit arrangements following the announcement that the glaucoma, cataract and enhanced triage contracts would …
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22 February 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 14 February 2025
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