Next LOC Meeting Tuesday January 7th 2025
29 October 2024
The next LOC meeting will be held at The Crown Hotel Boroughbridge on Tuesday January 7th 2025. There will be a Finger Buffet at 6:30pm meeting commences 7:00pm.
Please inform our Chairman if you wish to attend. Please email : chairnyloc@gmail.com
North Yorkshire LOC Latest News
NHS CPD Training Grant
‘Optometrists are now able to claim their £596 NHS CPD training grant between 1st July and 31st October 2024 for CPD completed in 2023. Some locum optometrists struggle to find a contractor who will process their CET claim. The situation is being made more challenging by some contractors charging unreasonable administration fees. Some …
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23 August 2024
New Secretaries Report from Meeting on July 2nd 2024
A new secretaries report has been posted from our July 2024 meeting
14 July 2024
New WET AMD referral form for Harrogate
Please find new referral form for Harrogate, please also note that the Harrogate email address has been updated to; hdft.eyereferrals@nhs.net As shown on the referral form WYAAT Suspected wet AMD referral form June 2024
20 June 2024
E-Learning courses to earn CPD points
Are you an optometrist, dispensing optician or optical assistant? The CPD cycle ends in December, so why not enrol on our e-learning courses to earn CPD points and learn how to support patients with low vision, deafness, and disabilities? Here are the links to the available training courses: https://visualisetrainingandconsultancy.com/training/cpd-accredited-training/ https://visualisetrainingandconsultancy.com/training/via-e-learning/ …
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5 May 2024
Harrogate Referrals new email addresss
The new email for Harrogate District Foundation Trust hospital is; hdft.eyereferrals@nhs.net The previous email address is no longer monitored.
19 December 2023
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24 September 2023
Funding available for training and development of The Community Optometric workforce
Dear GOS Contractors, Humber and North Yorkshire NHS England, in collaboration with Local Optical Committees (LOCs) across the area, is funding a range of training and development opportunities to support the clinical and professional development for the Community Optometry workforce. This local funding is in addition to the recent funding offered by Health Education England …
30 November 2022
Mentoring for Optometrists
There is an attached flyer giving details on a mentoring scheme for Optometrists. The scheme is called GPMplus mentoring. GPMplus mentoring can support anyone who would like to explore ways to develop themselves, or who have a career problem or opportunity they’re not sure how to move forward with. Whilst the mentoring service is aimed …
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23 November 2022
ECP attitudes towards Myopia Management with CPD and peer review points
We are running another session of focus groups on the same topic – ECP attitudes towards Myopia Management. I would be extremely grateful if you would be able to share this poster to advertise this event with members of your LOC? Either at a meeting or in a newsletter or something similar? The session is scheduled for …
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5 September 2022
Hypertension Scheme
Re: Hypertension Scheme Training: We are pleased to share the link for the recorded training webinar session which took place on 14th June 2022 (the recording is 1 hour and 42 minutes). This session was specifically for GOS contractors and explains how to take BP measures, provide lifestyle advice and how to use PharmOutcomes to …
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24 June 2022