Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 18 August 2023
26 August 2023
Glaucoma UK – Training Offer
At Glaucoma UK we are about to run a pilot training for optometrist staff – particularly front of house/ non clinical staff rather than optometrists themselves. We understand how pivotal optometrist practices are in the diagnosis and care of glaucoma, and that queries relating to glaucoma may increasingly be finding their way to you, due to capacity in the hospital system. I would like to invite staff members at practices within the LOC to join a training session. The training is provided free of charge, along with a box of eye drop dispensing aids and resources – all we are asking for in return is honest feedback on the training so that we can get it right and roll it out more widely across the UK.
The training covers what glaucoma is, common challenges people face with administering eye drops and ideas for troubleshooting these, other glaucoma treatments, and where staff can go for more support if they are unsure how to help customers with glaucoma. Research has shown that more than 50% of people with glaucoma do not take their eye drops as prescribed, and this could be leading to avoidable vision loss from glaucoma. We are also hearing from more optometrists who are getting walk in eye drop queries as they are unable to speak to anyone at their clinic – so we devised this training to give background and knowledge for these situations.
Please find attached a flyer with more information – 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 – 18:30, 07 September 2023
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 the Practive Plus event page – here
And the direct link to register for the webinar can be found – here
Scope Eyecare CPD Webinar – 12 September 2023
Scope Eyecare would like to invite you to a webinar hosted by Mike Horler, consultant optometrist in medical retina at Sussex eye hospital.
Title: AMD – Doing the best for our patients now and in the future,
Date: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
This webinar is worth 1 CPD point.
Further details and registration can be found – here
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