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TEAMeD receives Judges’ Special Award at Bayer Ophthalmology Awards
The Thyroid Eye Disease Amsterdam Declaration Implementation Group (TEAMeD), formed in 2010, received the Judges’ Special Award on 3 December 2015, at the prestigious Bayer Ophthalmology Awards ceremony held in London. The Judges commented: “This is a fantastic team providing fantastic care. It is an amazing initiative which doesn’t quite fit into any single category
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists regrets the lack of response to NHS England’s ‘Improving eye health and reducing sight loss Call to Action’
The 2014 ‘Improving eye health and reducing sight loss Call to Action’ was designed to stimulate debate about how the NHS in England commissions and delivers eye health services. 330 organisations and individuals responded, enthused in part by the assurance of NHS England that “responses will be independently analysed and reported”. The Call to Action
Annual Congress Sponsorship Scheme 2015
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Scientific Committee and International Committee are offering up two complementary admissions to the Annual Congress to colleagues from developing countries. The ophthalmologists (a senior trainee or consultant) will be offered free registration to the entire Congress. This will be supported by a local ‘sponsor’ (RCOphth member) who will apply for
2014 winners for the Bayer Educational Grant Award announced
Bayer Healthcare Press Release Newbury, Thursday 5 March, 2015 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), in partnership with Bayer HealthCare, today announces the 2014 winners of the inaugural Bayer Educational Grant Awards. This awards programme, sponsored by Bayer, aims to support ophthalmologists with an educational grant to present their work at educational meetings in the UK
RCOphth invited to address All Party Parliamentary Group
‘Upskilled non-medically qualified professionals are needed as part of an ophthalmology led service to support an increase in capacity’ Miss Melanie Corbett, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London and Executive Committee Member of the RCOphth, spoke at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual