Ashton Leigh Wigan LOC

Have you started seeing new flashes or floaters eyes? Speak to Greater Manchester’s Urgent Eye Care Service, available to anyone living in who’s registered with a GP. They can see you and treat you quickly. 👉 www.primaryeyecare.co.uk

A fantastic Peer Review session courtesy of SpaMedica at our annual ALWLOC AGM.
It has been a very productive year for our LOC and we look forward to another year of helping promote Optometry to our communities and helping our contractors and performers.

World Optometry Day, March 23, highlights not only optometry as a health care profession, but the contribution of the profession in supporting access to eye health care as a human right. This year, the World Council of Optometry (WCO) will celebrate World Optometry Week from March 19–25, and specifically World Optometry Day, Thursday, March 23, with the theme “Expanding Optometry’s Role… The Time is Now!”

Additionally, to celebrate World Optometry Day on March 23, WCO encourages optometrists to download and share our “Committed to Eye Care” graphic, reaffirming the individual commitment of optometrists across the globe to advance accessible eye care.

If you have eye problems like pain, flashes, or sudden vision or sight changes, visit your 👁️

If you need urgent help and your regular optician is closed, find more info here 👉 https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/GTKWTG

We’re proud to be supporting World Glaucoma Week. Details here ➡️ https://buff.ly/3ZMKf23

Did you know that glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide?

This week we’ll be supporting - please help us to raise awareness.

To mark LOCSU are delighted to share with you a special female focussed podcast.

CEO Janice Foster talks to optical professionals Farah Awan, @⁨Danielle⁩ & Simone Mason.

30 mins of energy and motivation on a cold Wednesday... have a listen 🎧

The LOCSU Podcast LOCSU is the Local Optical Committee Support Unit, supporting Local Optical Committees (LOCs) in England across a range of activities relating to primary eye care. Our work includes policy work and lobbying, pathway development, commissioning support, governance and compliance support, communicat...

Primary Eyecare Services is proud to be participating in Race Equality Week, which takes place next week between 6 and 12 February 2023.

Race Equality Week will unite thousands of organisations in action to address race inequality in the workplace.

A UK-wide initiative, Race Equality Week was launched by community interest company Race Equality Matters to turn words into meaningful action; a movement spurred on by the events of 2020, which have heightened the country’s collective consciousness of the racism, inequality, and injustice experienced by ethnically diverse communities.

Over 3,500 organisations were engaged in Race Equality Week last year.

You can find out which is your nearest participating Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) by using our find a practice directory ➡️ https://buff.ly/35WScqS

What a fantastic Peer Review organised by the LOC for our local Optoms, DOs and CLOs carried out by Lyndon Taylor.
A great turnout and great discussions had by all.
Topics discussed ranged from DVLA visual driving standards, contact lenses and ocular pathology.
Great feedback recieved by all.

Did you know? Greater Manchester Primary Care Providers Board Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board run a website to support the health and wellbeing, career development, and workplace improvement of workers. https://buff.ly/3DDhWL5

CPD Alert!!
Thursday 24th November.
That's tomorrow!

Greater Manchester Primary Care Providers Board Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board have a new website! It’s to support the health and wellbeing, career development, and workplace improvement of workers. Take a look 👀 https://buff.ly/3DDhWL5

World Sight Day is on today and we are focusing the world’s attention on the importance of eye care.​

We are calling on the sector to join us to help people prioritise their own eye health and leaders to ensure eye care is accessible, inclusive and affordable to everyone, everywhere.​

A lot of optometrists are seeing patients who have had Covid 19. Therefore, this radio programme will be very interesting. Covid 19 and it's affect on the eyes...

In Touch - Covid and Sight Loss; Retinitis Pigmentosa Research - BBC Sounds We examine the impact of Covid on eyesight with the Association of Optometrists.

Need extra CPD points....

Get your CPD points with the College! We currently have over 3️⃣5️⃣ CPD points up for grabs on our online learning area.

Not sure where to start? Have a go at one of the courses below:

✅ OCT - interpretation and management part one
✅ Paving the way to contact lens practice
✅ Glaucoma – management in practice

Access now ➡️ https://bit.ly/3jHjDNp

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Elaine Seddon, the wife of the late John Seddon.
Those of you who knew her from her practices, Seddons Opticians in Atherton, Leigh or Tyldesley, knew how much of a caring warm lady she was whether it was on a personal level or as one of her patients when she worked as an optometrist.
Elaine was an integral part of the community and herself and her husband were influencial in our Local Optometric Committee.
Elaine will be dearly missed by her family, friends, work colleagues and her patients.

Thank you for everything Elaine.

CPD ALERT!

The lecture given by Consultant Ophthalmologist Mr Prasad Palimar will be on Referral Guidance for cases of Suspected Papilloedema. One CPD point will be awarded for attendance of lecture.

The event is to begin at 6.45pm where there will be hot and cold refreshments provided.
The AGM for ALW LOC will then commence at 7.00pm and at 8.00pm the lecture will begin.

If you would like to attend, please email
[email protected]

The Venue for AGM 2022 :-

The Edge Arena

Riveredge, Wigan WN3 5AB

Thank you everyone and see you there!

AGM 2022

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan LOC will be hosting their AGM 2022 on Tuesday the 17th May.

The event is to begin at 6.45pm where there will be hot and cold refreshments provided.
The AGM will then commence at 7.00pm and at 8.00pm there will be a lecture by Mr Prasad Palimar on Papilloedema.

If you would like to attend, please email
[email protected]

The Venue for AGM 2022 :-

The Edge Arena

Riveredge, Wigan WN3 5AB

Thank you everyone and see you there!

GM Primary Care are encouraging people to book onto the above sessions to complete all 3 modules and register here as a workplace Wellbeing Champion to join the growing Champions Network in primary care.
There are also some face to face Connect 5 sessions for anyone interested in completing the Train the Trainer modules, click on the links below to view the dates and register:

https://www.togmind.org/civicrm/event/info?id=5524&reset=1

https://www.togmind.org/civicrm/event/info?id=5525&reset=1

Are our practices in ALW aware that January is Glaucoma Awareness Month?

Andrew D Price discussing the told of MF CLs in Myopia control.

National Eye Health Week
All week our wonderful team at ALW LOC have been there to give out information and answer your eye related questions.
LOCSU

Interesting article.

Kids should play outside to combat short-sightedness Optometrists are diagnosing higher numbers of children with short-sightedness since the start of the pandemic.

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