Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 28 March 2025
29 March 2025
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 with high pressures, previously seen via GRR and how to handle requests for any unfunded service e.g. requests for NOD.
Please use the following link to join the meeting on 02 April. Admissions will commence from 19:15hrs so put it in your diaries.
Join the meeting – here
Meeting ID: 381 814 971 577
Passcode: Ay9Cb3Lt
Glaucoma and MECS OSCEs – 30 April 2025
Hampshire LOC is planning to run Glaucoma and MECS OSCEs on Wednesday evening 30th April 2025 at Boots Romsey with the first session provisionally scheduled for 6pm
If you want to complete one or both of these assessments can you please email the LOC Business Manager isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk providing your GOC number, preferred email contact address and confirmation of which OSCEs you wish to complete, no later than Monday 21 April 2025.
If you require WOPEC codes to complete the on-line modules prior to the OSCEs please email the Business Manager as above to request the relevant codes to access the modules.
Further information will be sent nearer the date by WOPEC and or LOC regarding timings etc.
Service Update from Solent Medical Services (SMS)
Dear Optom Colleague
Re Solent Medical Services Community Ophthalmology Service
We regret to inform you that effective from 1st April 2025, the SMS Community Ophthalmology Service will no longer be a commissioned service. This means we are unable to accept any new referrals.
At this time, we are unable to provide you with details of an alternative provider. In the meantime, please direct your referral to your patients GP who can refer them appropriately. If you have concerns about your patients’ vision and you feel the patient may have an Ophthalmological emergency, please direct your patient to the Southampton Eye Casualty Department.
We wish to highlight that the decommissioning of this service is not a reflection on it. On the contrary, the service has supported the population of Southampton and West Hampshire since 2001 and has always received very positive feedback from patients and referrers alike.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the years
Kind regards,
The Team at SMS
ACES CPD Events March – May 2025
Please see attached list of ACES forthcoming complimentary educational online CPD events for March through to May 2025 being offered by Dr Lee O’Mara – here
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Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 21 March 2025
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 with high …
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22 March 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 14 March 2025
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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14 March 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 28 February 2025
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
Important Announcement on Hampshire Services – PES Update Dear Colleagues, We regret to inform you that effective from 1st April 2025, the Integrated Care Board (ICB) has taken the decision to decommission the following Primary Eyecare Services enhanced service contracts in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Enhanced Cataract Referral Service (IOW) Post-op Cataract Service …
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15 February 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 07 February 2025
Places still available – ACES Southampton CPD Open Evening Places are still available for the open evening on 11 February 2025. Please use the link to register if interested – here
7 February 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 13 January 2025
ACES CPD Events Online and Face to Face Please use the following links to see details of online and face to face CPD events being hosted by ACES, Southampton during January and February. The first on-line webinar is tomorrow evening – 14 Jan 2025 Online Webinars – here Open Evening CPD – here
13 January 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 10 January 2025
NHS Hampshire & Isle of Wight ICB “Safe Space” Webinars NHS Hampshire & Isle of Wight ICB ‘Safe Space’ Webinars In the wake of the race riots last Summer, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ran a series of safe space sessions to listen to and improve our understanding of the experiences of our own …
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10 January 2025
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 13 December 2024
University Hospital Southampton – Macula Update Rapid Access Macula Clinic (all macular conditions) The following email address is now available for all Rapid Access Macular appointments wetam@uhs.nhs.uk (please note: there is no ‘D’ in the email address) It will be checked twice a day Mon – Fri. Details on the LOC website have also been …
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14 December 2024
Latest News from Hampshire LOC – 06 December 2024
Red Tape Challenge: get involved Best practice examples and ideas are now being sought as part of the rapid review into bureaucracy across the NHS, which was launched in October by the Secretary of State for Health and Care, Wes Streeting, and NHS England Chief Executive, Amanda Pritchard. The ‘Red Tape Challenge’, which is jointly …
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6 December 2024