Reduced Emergency Eye Service During Junior Doctor Action
9 March 2023
On 13th, 14th and 15th March 2023, junior doctors are holding a 72 hour walk out. To maintain safe ophthalmology services, all eye emergency units will be consultant-led during the 72-hour period.
During the strike action and for several days afterwards, please consider deferring but only if clinically appropriate.
Please use eye casualty referral map http://bit.ly/EyeCas to locate your nearest and most appropriate eye unit. For more information see Optometry eye emergency letter_March_2023_final
KCWHF LOC Latest News
Enhanced Services Going LIVE
Primary Eyecare Services are delighted to announce that following a successful tender submission, they have been awarded a 3 year contract for provision of Optometry Led Community Eye Care Services by NHS North West London Integrated Care Board. The contract will commence from early 2025 and carries an optional 24-month extension period at the end …
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29 November 2024
End Of CPD Cycle
We are now approaching the final months of the 2022-24 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) cycle. All professionals are reminded they must complete the required CPD bythe end of December as well as the Reflective excercise. If you are having difficulty with this please see the GOC guidelines for more info here
29 November 2024
New anti-racism and discrimination guidance published by the AOP
New guidance for staying safe at work Employers are required to protect their workers from harm and to provide a safe working environment. They also shouldn’t subject workers to detriment for raising health and safety concerns, taking steps to protect themselves or refusing to attend a dangerous workplace. We urge employers in the sector to …
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7 August 2024
WEH A&E CPD Event from Mon 3rd June 2024
Thrilled to share the success of our recent CPD event on ocular emergencies with The Imperial Trust! A huge thank you to all attendees and our expert speakers for making it an enriching and educational experience. Your engagement and insights were invaluable. Stay tuned for more professional development opportunities!
10 June 2024
Primary Eyecare
NW London Optometry-led Community Eye Care Service NW London ICB is commissioning an Optometry led Community Eye Care Service for all NW London GP patients, through a tender process. The service will be available to patients registered with a GP in the boroughs of Harrow, Brent, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, …
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12 March 2024
CPD Grant Claim window in England is open until 2 November
Submitting a claim when you do not meet the criteria may result in NHS England reclaiming the grant. To be eligible to claim you must have: -Been on the relevant opthalmoc list for atleast six months -Maintained your GOC registration -Performed primary ophthalmic services under a GOS contract
24 August 2023
Pathways in Westminster & the Tri-borough
Currently all referrals in Westminster should be made through the Single Point of Referral system (SPoA) or Opera system, this is regardless of whether or not you offer enhanced services. For the rest of the tri-brough all referrals should be made via the GP. For cases of Wet AMD, practitioners should contact Western Eye …
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7 December 2022
All routine Central London CCG patient ophthalmology referrals to be sent to the SPoA
KCWHF practices are encouraged to send all routine Central London CCG patient ophthalmology referrals to the SPoA from now on. Emergency and urgent referrals that need to be seen in urgent and emergency eye clinics or in WET AMD clinics should follow local protocol outside the SPoA. The preferred method of referring into the SPoA is via …
20 April 2020