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CUES relaunch Event – Southampton & SW Hampshire – 04 April 23 Primary Eyecare Services and Hampshire LOC are delighted to announce a virtual Community Urgent Eyecare Service Relaunch evening on the 4th of April 2023. This event is aimed at all optical practices in the Southampton and Southwest localities of Hampshire*. This event is a fantastic …
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24 March 2023
OFNC Statement on Post Payment Verification Please see the latest statement from the OFNC – here Primary Eyecare Service Glaucoma CPD Webinar – 22 March 2023 Primary Eyecare Services and Hampshire LOC are delighted to announce that they will be hosting a virtual accreditation evening on Wednesday 22nd March 2023 for Optometrists practicing in Hampshire. We will be …
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20 March 2023
LOCSU CPD Opportunity Assessing The Red Eye in Optometric Practice, Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 6.30pm. Presented by Mr Geraint Williams.1 Interactive CPD point; available to OO’S/ CLO’s and DO’s.The learning objectives are: Diagnosing patients presenting with red eye Decision making in whether the patient needs to be seen in eye casualty/under WECS or sent for …
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4 March 2023
Following on from our previous mailings, Primary Eyecare Services can confirm that OPERA’s Directory of Services (DOS) will be updated in March 2023. To ensure there is no service disruption all practices need to check they have the following in place: – The services they are currently listed to provide are correct – That their practitioners that deliver said services have all …
28 February 2023
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the NHS England – South East Optometry Commissioning Team’s quarterly newsletter. In this edition: National Patient Safety Alert Primary Care Support England (PCSE) guidance/updates Quality in Optometry (QiO) checklist Applying for a new NHSmail or Egress account User account changes to NHSmail Changes that affect your …
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24 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 …
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18 February 2023
Dear Colleague, on behalf of NHS England the NHSBSA will be delivering a non-interactive CPD lecture on the recent MHRA patient safety alert (concerning the recall of NIDEK EyeCee One Pre-loaded and EyeCee One Crystal Pre-loaded inter ocular lens) and how it affects GOS in England. It will be a 30 minute lecture and will attract 0.5 …
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11 February 2023
Reminder – Participant recruitment for study on examination techniques for people who have had a stroke This reminder relates to a study being carried out by Hampshire Optometrist, Malcolm Maciver. The purpose of the study seeks to identify the most useful clinical procedures in visual examination post-stroke, with the aim of improving consistency of assessment, …
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11 February 2023
National patient safety alert: EyeCee One intraocular lenses The LOC Support Unit (LOCSU) have received a safety alert issued on EyeCee One intraocular lenses. The issue The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a patient safety alert after becoming aware of cases of increased intraocular pressure in people recently implanted with the …
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3 February 2023
Important Message for Contractors /Performers in North and NE Hampshire Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey LOCs are aware that Frimley Hospital Trust are discharging post cataract patients to community practices and requesting data without an agreed funded pathway being in place. This is not condoned by the LOCs and you are asked to read the LOC …
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28 January 2023
Registration for the National Optical Conference 2025 (NOC25) is due to close at midday on Friday 25 April 2025 – make sure to register now to avoid missing out!
17 April 2025
LOCSU is delighted to announce the reduction of the LOCSU levy from 0.5% to 0.4%.
31 March 2025