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Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 17 February 2023

18 February 2023

Another OSCE Success for Hampshire LOC!

On 1 February 10 candidates successfully completed their WOPEC Glaucoma OSCE and 9 candidates completed their MECS OSCE.

As ever we are grateful to Sasha Macken (WOPEC) and the local team of assessors for getting our local optometrists through these OSCEs.

We are also very grateful to Colin Jenkins at Specsavers Commercial Road, who kindly provided us with the premises for the evening to hold the event. We are looking forward to seeing Colin’s new practice in the future and  will no doubt be enjoying his support again.

Optegra Online CPD Event – 27 February 2023

Optegra are Keratoconus CPD event on 27 February 2023. Further details can be found – here

To register please click – here

Sapphire Eye Care CPD Webinar  – 28 February 2023

Sapphire Eye Care are delighted to enclose registration details for our CPD webinar on Tuesday 28th February at 7:00pm.

This presentation will be on ‘The Pros and Cons of Extended Depth of Focus Lenses vs Traditional and Multifocal lenses’, hosted by Mr Andrew Luff and Miss Anne Gilvarry.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Feb 28, 2023 07:00 PM London
Topic: Sapphire Eye Care – Webinar

Register in advance for this webinar – here

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please also email your name and GOC number to anna.nicholas@sapphire-eyecare.co.uk to ensure you can receive your CPD point for this webinar.

Practice Plus CPD Event  – 28 February 2023

Practice Plus Group Portsmouth are hosting a CPD event on 28 February 2023.

Further details and how to register can be found – here

SpaMedica Regional CPD Event  – 08 March 2023

SpaMedica have a regional CPD event on 08 March 2023.

Details of the event and how to register can be found – here

Southampton Corneal Meeting – “Therapeutic Advances in Corneal Conditions”   23 March 2023 – University Hospital CPD Event

Information regarding the event can be found – here

To register for the event use the following registration – here

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