News

Save the Date: LOC AGM Wednesday June 11th, Leonardo Hotel, Cheltenham
May 2025

This year’s AGM will take place on Wednesday 11th June at the Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS.

More information will follow.

Community Ophthalmic Link Wins HSJ Partnership Technology Award
March 2025

Congratulations to all involved in the Gloucestershire Community Ophthalmic Link project which has won the HSJ (Health Service Journal) Partnership Award 2025 for “Most Impactful Use of Technology on Clinical Practice”. The success of the collaboration between Blueworks OIMS UK, NHS Gloucestershire ICB, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT and Gloucestershire Local Optical Committee was recognised at the Awards ceremony at Evolution London on March 20th. See more about the award here

December LOC Newsletter
December 2024
 
The December LOC Newsletter is now available. This quarter, in addition to our regular items, we have a report on our 2024 CPD Day and articles about hospital placements and postgraduate education opportunities.
 
See the newsletter here
Making Accurate Claims – England 2024
October 2024

The AOP, supported by ABDO and FODO, have produced an updated version of the guide to support members providing or performing GOS. This comprehensive reference tool, available here will help you navigate through the fees and claims process in England.

August LOC Newsletter
August 2024
 
The August LOC Newsletter is now available. This quarter, in addition to our regular items we have news of our 2024 CPD Day and articles from VCHP and Insight Gloucestershire.
 
See the newsletter here 

 

May 2024 LOC Newsletter
May 2024

The May LOC Newsletter is now available. It features updates on cataract surgery waiting times, news of our AGM and a variety of other useful information.

Read the newsletter here

New Dry Eye Guidelines Document Issued
May 2024

Gloucestershire NHSFT have issued revised guidelines for dry eye management which supersedes previous guidance. The document is available here

December 2023 LOC Newsletter
December 2023

The December LOC Newsletter is now available. Read the newsletter here

LOC CPD Day – September 20th
September 2023

A big thank you to all the sponsors and delegates who made our first CPD day at Kingsholm stadium in Gloucester a huge success. Great to see the hard work by the LOC CPD team rewarded by the overwhelmingly positive feedback received. Already looking forward to next year’s event!

Indicative Cataract Surgery Wait Times September 2023
Latest information on cataract surgery waiting times in Gloucestershire is available here  and from the Cataract page of our website here
 
These times are supplied by the providers as indicative and may not be a guarantee that patients will be seen exactly in that time scale. Please note that the LOC is not responsible for the accuracy of these times. If you become aware of significant and sustained discrepancies in the referral times compared to the provided information, please do let us know.