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LOCSU News

LOCSU news is LOCSU’s bi-monthly newsletter which provides members a chance to:

  • share best practice about working with local health commissioners
  • find out about support available from LOCSU
  • read more about specific enhanced pathways in development from LOCSU’s clinical advisors

LOCSU news is distributed via chairs and administrators of optical committees in England and Wales.  If you have an idea for something that we can cover in a future edition which will be of interest to other members, please email Jenny Manchester, Communications Manager, at jennymanchester@locsu.co.uk

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LOCSU Newsletter - November 2011

  • National Optometric Conference 2011
  • LOCSU website goes live
  • LOCSU at NAPC
  • LOCSU training - award for LOC member
  • New software available for LOCs/ROCs
  • Quality in Optometry
  • Safeguarding children
 16 November 2011

LOCSU News July 2011

  • Influencing the influencers (part 1): optical leads
  • Influencing the influencers (part 2): LOCSU GP round table event
  • Key note speaker announced for NOC
  • National Eye Health Week 2011
  • Influencing the influencers (part 3): UK Vision Strategy conference
  • Spotlight on DOCET
 11 July 2011

LOCSU News May 2011

  • Optical Leads take up posts
  • Children's eye health campaign
  • NEHW: what's happening
  • National Adult Low Vision pathway launched
  • It worked for us! Lessons from Wales Cwm Taff glaucoma pathway
 16 May 2011

LOCSU News March 2011

  • Solving local commissioning puzzle gets closer thanks to LOCSU
  • LOC indepth: view from Doncaster LOC
  • Local eye health in the news
  • Spotlight on ACES
 7 March 2011

LOCSU News December 2010

  • National Optometric Conference 2010
  • LOCSU Roadshows
  • LOCSU annual report
  • DOCET funded CET courses - GOS contract variations
  • NHS information governance toolkit and quality in optometry
  • Independent prescribing
 6 December 2010

LOCSU News September 2010

  • National Optometric Conference 2010
  • Advice on interfacting with GP Consortia
  • Updated advice on the statutory cooling-off periods for domiciliary providers
  • Better assessment of drivers' eyesight requriements
  • UK Vision Strategy launches a charter for eye care and sight loss services
  • Vetting and barring scheme halted
 6 September 2010

LOCSU News August 2010

  • Richard Carswell appointed as acting Head of Unit
  • Profession reject NHS information governance imposition
 9 August 2010

LOCSU News July 2010

  • Manchester LOC are heroes in health
  • Vision UK 2010 Conference
  • LOCSU in Wales
  • Enhanced Services survey
  • UK Vision Strategy: EPIC project
 21 July 2010

LOCSU News April 2010

  • LOCSU Business Plan 2010-11
  • Advice on NICE Glaucoma guidelines
  • The General Election: final push for optometric eyecare
  • Party political conferences 2010
 12 April 2010

LOCSU News January 2010

  • National Optometric Conference 2009
  • Preparing for a GOS contract compliance visit
  • Time to talk to the politiicans
  • GOC stakeholder consultation events on Revalidation
 11 January 2010

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Dates for the diary

Oxfordshire LOC AGM

Holiday Inn, Peartree Interchange, Oxford OX2 8JD

Oxford LOC's Annual General Meeting

2012-02-28 18:30:00 - 2012-02-28 20:15:00

Contact name: Jacque Hudson

Contact email: info@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 020 7549 2051

LOCSU Board

LOCSU Offices, London

Board meeting

2012-03-01 11:00:00 - 2012-03-01 13:30:00

Contact name: Jacque Hudson

Contact email: jacquehudson@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 020 7549 2051

South West Wales ROC AGM

Venue to be arranged

SWW LOC's Annual General Meeting

2012-03-06 00:00:00 - 2012-03-06 00:01:00

Contact name: Sali Davis

Contact email: salidavis@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 02920 444072

Glaucoma Lecture and workshop - Institute of Optometry - South East London Glaucoma Repeat Measures Project

Institute of Optometry, 56-62 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6DS

Glaucoma Lecture and tied workshops funded through the South East London Glaucoma Repeat Measures Project

2012-03-07 19:00:00 - 2012-03-07 20:30:00

Contact name: Charles Greenwood JCL Consulting

Contact email: bbgltd123@gmail.com.

Contact telephone number: 020 8776 5000.

Glaucoma Workshop - Woolwich - South East London Glaucoma Repeat Measures Project

Coton and Hamblin Opticians, 11 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London SE18 9PQ

Glaucoma Workshop provided through the South East London Glaucoma Repeat Measures Project

2012-03-13 18:00:00 - 2012-03-13 20:00:00

Contact name: Charles Greenwood JCL Consulting

Contact email: bbgltd123@gmail.com.

Contact telephone number: 020 8776 5000.

Ashton, Leigh & Wigan LOC AGM

Gore & Hepworth Opticians, Ashton in Makerfield

ALW LOC's Annual General Meeting

2012-03-13 18:30:00 - 2012-03-13 20:30:00

Contact name: Jacque Hudson

Contact email: info@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 020 7549 2051

Optometry Tomorrow 2012

The Brighton Centre, Brighton

Optometry Tomorrow offers you continuing professional development opportunities, expert speakers, CET points, an exciting social programme and the chance to network with colleagues, speakers and College representatives

2012-03-18 09:00:00 - 2012-03-19 17:00:00

Contact name: Amy Marsh

Contact email: amy.marsh@college-optometrists.org

Contact telephone number: 020 7766 4347

South East Wales ROC AGM

Venue to be advised

SEW ROC's Annual General Meeting

2012-03-19 00:00:00 - 2012-03-19 00:01:00

Contact name: Jacque Hudson

Contact email: info@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 020 7549 2051

Central Mersey LOC AGM

Venue to be advised

Central Mersey LOC's Annual General Meeting

2012-03-20 00:00:00 - 2012-03-20 00:01:00

Contact name: Jacque Hudson

Contact email: info@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 020 7549 2051

North of Tyne LOC AGM

Gosforth Park Hotel

North of Tyne LOC's Annual General Meeting

2012-03-21 16:30:00 - 2012-03-21 19:00:00

Contact name: Jacque Hudson

Contact email: info@locsu.co.uk

Contact telephone number: 020 7549 2051

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