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Literature Searching e-learning is live
Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare has worked with librarians at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, to develop e-learning modules to support health and social care professionals to find evidence for their work and study. The modules have been developed for clinical and non-clinical staff to help build confidence
General Optical Council recruiting for medical practitioners to committees
The General Optical Council (GOC) is seeking to appoint one registered medical practitioner for each of their companies, education, standards and investigation committees. For these roles, the applicant must be registered with the GMC to be eligible to apply. Applicants could be an ophthalmologist or a doctor working in a different area with an understanding
Paediatric Ocular Inflammation Group (POIG)
POIG is being formed in order to support the development of the evidence base necessary to inform management strategies, service commissioning and service delivery for children with ocular inflammatory disorders. The rarity of the individual disorders, which together constitute a significant cause of morbidity, is an obstacle to impactful biomedical research. This is particularly true
Eye Drop and Drug Shortages
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the UK Ophthalmic Pharmacy Group are aware of shortages of essential eye drops and drugs, often at short notice. In response to concerns raised by the College, the Department of Health Medicine Supply Team has confirmed that manufacturers have a legal duty to ensure continuity of supply of medicines
RCOphth Membership Survey 2017
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the RCOphth Membership Survey 2017, which asked members for their views on the College, professional challenges and the support they receive from the College. This is a follow up to our first membership survey in 2014 which formed the basis of our Strategic Plan 2015 – 19 and