Dear All, Please click here for information on waiting times for King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) and Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). This document includes the average wait in weeks for a new appointment at hospital ophthalmology services. Please allow a 1-2 week variance in the waiting times listed, as they were pulled on…

Dear All, There will be times when you need to refer your patient onwards to the hospital eye service.  Getting your patient seen efficiently and appropriately starts with effective communication and a good referral.  Ensuring your referral contains all salient points is crucial if you wish to avoid your request being delayed, diverted or possibly…

Dear All, We would like to invite members to the Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham LOC AGM on Thursday 18th July 2024 in the Dickens Suite, London Bridge Hotel, 8 – 18 London Bridge Street, SE1 9SG. Registration and refreshments will be from 6.30pm, with the AGM starting at 7pm. This year, the whole Committee will…

Dear All, This is a reminder that, from 1 July 2024, there will be a nationwide switch on of MFA for all users who have not yet enabled it on their NHS email accounts. Please see below for more details from the NHSmail team. Kind regards, Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham LOC ********************************************************************************************************************** Haven’t enabled MFA…

Dear All Please click here for some information on a SpaMedica, Bromley CPD event on Wednesday 17th July’. Kind Regards Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham LOC

Dear All, This is a reminder that, if your practice has an NHS email address, you must complete the Data Protection & Security Toolkit annually. You can complete this either via the DSPT website or the QIO website (links below). The deadline for completion of the 2023/2024 toolkit is 30th June 2024. If you have not completed the…

Dear All, You may have heard in the news about a major IT failure at Synnovis, the lab which conducts pathology testing for the major hospitals and primary care in South East London. The results of this lab affect eye care from our perspective because urgent swab and culture are not able to take place…

Please click here for a leaflet detailing an upcoming CPD event at CHEC New Cross, and see details below for more information. Introducing CHEC New Cross Physical CPD Event Wednesday 5th June 2024 at CHEC New Cross Time: 7pm-9pm Location: Ewen Henderson Court, Unit B and C, 40 Goodwood Rd, London SE14 6BL You will…

Optom Case Competition 2023!

A virtual case competition being hosted on 11th October 2023

Moorfields have asked us to to send out the following information relating to a survey for the Research Project in Myopia Management. Please click here for a ink to the Participants Information Sheet. Please see below for further information. ************************************************************************************************************** I’m currently conducting a research project in the field of myopia management. This project aims to understand the current provision…