Practice team training
5 September 2023
The AOP has produced new Contact lens guidance and Training modules to help the whole practice team (you need an AOP member to access this)
https://www.aop.org.uk/ot/cpd/practice-team-training
This offering is designed for the whole practice team, whether you are a receptionist, an optical assistant, a dispensing optician, an optometrist or a manager. If you are not a member of the AOP or a subscriber of OT and wish to complete our Practice team training, register here for access.
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RNIB Autism and Eye Care CPD webinar for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians (C-109918)
Tuesday 29th October 6:30pm – 7:45pm on MS Teams – places must be booked 1 Interactive CPD point with opportunity to ask questions to panel of experts. Domains covered are Communication and Professionalism. Session Aim – To have raised awareness of autism and be able to identify ways your practice could be improved to meet …
17 October 2024
Oculoplastics Update: Urgent Ptosis Management & Benign Skin Lesion Insights
Virtual CPD – Tuesday 29th October 2024. See the flyer for login details. Oculoplastics Update Webinar – 29th October – VisuAcademy Invite In partnership with the Eye Care Transformation Team, West Yorkshire ICS and NHS North East & Yorkshire CPD points validation has been applied for – 2 points expected to be available.
16 October 2024
Find out more about the North East and North Cumbria Primary Care Collaborative
In November the PCC will be holding two autumn virtual engagement events. These are open to the whole Optometry, Pharmacy, Dentistry and GP worksforce. The theme for these two sessions will be ‘Big Ideas.’ They will offer the opportunity for us to explore together the widest issues shaping primary care and how they impact our …
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9 October 2024
Glaucoma Services – NuTH patients
Primary Eyecare Services (PES) will be holding another local accreditation event on the evening of Monday 4th November via Teams. The likely start time will be around 6pm TBC If you need this requirement to provide the local services, please hold this date to ensure that you can attend the event. Check emails as further …
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9 October 2024
Virtual Discussion workshop CPD
22/10/2024 7.30pm see flyer below before details NTWLOC Health and Wellbeing Discussion Workshop
7 October 2024
EeRS Electronic Referral Platform pilot
The rollout of the ‘EyeV’ electronic referral platform for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) pilot across Optometry continues. Details regarding how to onboard an Optometrist or an Optometry practice can be found HERE There is no funding to support practices with onboarding and accessing this. EyeV is not a commissioned Enhanced Optometry Service …
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2 October 2024
Glaucoma Services Patient Discharges from NuTH (Oct 2024)
For those Optometry practices registered to accept stable glaucoma and OHT monitoring. NuTH have now begun to discharge patients from into this service, so please ensure that you regularly check your OPERA platform. Patients will appear in the “action required” section on OPERA. Please check the documents that have been attached to the …
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2 October 2024
Glaucoma Enhanced Referral Service (GERS)
August 2024 Please see below for the pathway for glaucoma patients across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle Gateshead. Please remember that patients who have a sight test at your practice and who are identified as having raised IOP and/or glaucomatous visual field loss with no other indication of glaucoma should be seen within GRR. …
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2 September 2024
Staff Wellbeing Hub
Fast and Confidential Individual Support The Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub is free, easy to access, and offers confidential support for any member of staff. The support might be needed for challenges at work, at home, or both. The Hub is open to anyone who works in health or social care in the North …
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17 July 2024
Glaucoma Repeat Readings
July 2024 Dear Colleagues, During a recent audit of the GRR service it has become apparent that some practices and practitioners are doing the GRR repeat readings on the same day. The idea of the GRR service is to check whether a raised IOP is a repeatable finding, so the checks need to be done …
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17 July 2024