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Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 11 December 2023

11 December 2023

INVITE:  Provider Glaucoma Monitoring Update + Q&A, Thursday 14th December 2023 (6-7pm)

Primary Eyecare Services would like to invite you to a (near) Annual Review of the Glaucoma/OHT Monitoring scheme in Hampshire. The session is open to all individuals involved in the running of the service in the practice, including practice managers and registered practitioners.

The session will cover the following:

  • Service update
  • Activity: what to expect going forward
  • Challenges
  • What needs to change?
  • Future working
  • Clinical Tips
  • Q&A

We really do hope you can join us on the evening as we are really keen to hear from you all as providers of the service.

To sign up, please register – here

Please free to share this link with whomever in your team/organisation that you think will find this session useful. 

Glaucoma And MECS OSCE Event Boots Opticians, Romsey – 31 January 2024

Hampshire LOC is currently organising a combined Glaucoma/MECS OSCE event  for Wednesday 31 January.

Subject to demand it is proposed that there will be 3 x Glaucoma sessions and 1 x MECS.

We are extremely grateful to our colleagues at Boots Opticians, Romsey for providing the venue for this event.

If you wish to complete the Glaucoma or MECS OSCE please email our Business Manager isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk providing your GOC number and current email address for correspondence. Final details regarding sessions etc  will be sent nearer the time by WOPEC directly.

The OSCEs will be funded for Hampshire practitioners, however failure to attend without reasonable excuse and less than one weeks notice will result in a request for payment from individuals concerned.

Further information regarding the OSCEs can be found on the WOPEC website using the following links.

Glaucoma – here

MECS – here

SpaMedica On-line CPD Event – 13 December 2023

More information and registration via the link – here

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