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We have 6 items for you today: GOS sight test fee increase. The Department of Health and Social Care has said it will increase GOS sight test fees by 1.9% from April 2021. The GOS CET allowances and pre-registration supervision grants will also rise by the same percentage. Further information can be found in the OFNC …
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28 March 2021
We have 2 items for you today: The Royal Society of Medicine are running an interesting webinar, “Medicine and Me: Living with age related macular degeneration”, on Thursday 22nd April from 6:00pm to7:30pm. Further details and registration can be found on the following link: Medicine and Me: Living with age related macular degeneration | …
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28 March 2021
We have 5 items for you today: Primary Care Support England have issued the following statement regarding recent issues: Important Update: Intermittent Issues with PCSE Online Dear colleague, I’m writing to provide you with an update on the intermittent issues that ophthalmic users have been experiencing when using PCSE Online. First …
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14 March 2021
Herts LOC always like to welcome new members to increase the diversity of experience, backgrounds and opinions amongst our cohort. The LOC meets quarterly, along with an annual AGM. At these meetings we discuss a wide variety of topics which include the commissioning of local eye care pathways, CCG updates, organising CET meetings and much …
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8 March 2021
We have 3 items for you today: OFNC have released a statement: “NHS ENGLAND REJECTS SUPPORT PROPOSAL FOR STRUGGLING PRACTICES”, which can be found as the first item below. LOCSU have advised us of two workshops on urgent eyecare – one on the future of MECS on Wednesday 24th March and the other on CUES, on Thursday …
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6 March 2021
The Herts LOC AGM will be held via a virtual platform, Zoom, on Monday 22nd March 2021 at 7:30pm. We are all facing very difficult circumstances and challenging times. Part of our role here at the Herts LOC is to disseminate information to all local contractors and performers so you are able to understand and comply with your …
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1 March 2021
We have 4 items for you today: We have been advised that the national booking service for COVID vaccinations (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/) will no longer be available for patient facing healthcare workers to book from 1/3/2020. We have not been advised of any changes to the Hertfordshire Community Trust service that we have previously sent the link …
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27 February 2021
We have 4 items for you today: Further to our email last week, as we are now in the final year of the CET cycle, we want to know how we can help you achieve the CET you need. If you haven’t already done so, please fill in our quick survey HERE to let us know …
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20 February 2021
We have 3 items for you today: Future CET Events – How can we help you? We are in the last year of our CET cycle before we move onto the new Continued Professional Development (CPD) way of getting points. We will share guidance from the GOC in due course to update you on the …
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12 February 2021
We have 5 items for you today: We have been asked by the local CCG to forward the email below, requesting that the manager or owner of each practice completes and returns the table given, by close of business on Wednesday 10th February. We suggest that copying and pasting the grid into your email reply then completing it, may …
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5 February 2021
Representatives from OFNC met recently with the Minister, Stephen Kinnock MP and officials from DHSC and NHSE.
19 November 2024
We are pleased to share that Fionnuala Kidd has stepped into the newly created role of Senior Advancement Lead.
12 November 2024