Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 11 August 2023

11 August 2023

Low Vision and Glaucoma Monitoring Contracts – Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport and SE Hampshire

A South East Hampshire contractor with a Low Vision Service contract with the old CCG has informed us that they have not been paid during the last year for claims submitted to the commissioner for services provided last year.

If you have a practice providing directly commissioned Low Vision or Glaucoma services with Portsmouth, South East Hampshire or Fareham and Gosport CCGs (as was) and have not received payment for claims submitted, please email the LOC Business Manager isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk detailing; the practice, the CCG the claim was submitted to, the date of claim and the amount outstanding. We will then endeavour to contact the Integrated Care Board commissioners and get payments resolved.

Please reply by Friday 25th August 2023 to isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk

SpaMedica Virtual CPD event on Wednesday August 16th 6.30pm-8.30pm

To register please use the following link – here

LaserVision CPD Event – Cosham – 31 August 2023

LaserVision are delighted to invite you to an evening CPD event on Thursday 31st August at our flagship clinic Prema in Cosham, Portsmouth.

Come at 6pm to catch up and have a bite to eat, then from 6.30pm listen to Mr Rakesh Jayaswal and Mr Nick Maycock talk on Dry Eye and the use of IPL therapy, and the Acute Red Eye. There will also be time for discussion and to ask questions.

For more information or to register, please email events@laservision.co.uk

Practice Plus Virtual CPD Event  – 07 September 2023, 6:30p.m

The 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
– Dry AMD and geographic atrophy
– Retinoschisis
– Macular hole and lamellar macular hole
– Cystoid macular oedema
– Central serous retinopathy
Consultant ophthalmologist Barmak Zadeh, will lead the presentation and discussion regarding these diseases, with a multiple choice quiz, and Q+A session.

More information on our speaker is available on our event page – here

And the direct link to register for the webinar can be found – here