PHN Opchat News Update
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BCLA Finalists unveiled, 2 separate Training days providing 15 CET points between them.
General New
Optometrists set to reduce pressure on hospitals in
Northern Ireland
86% found to be overdue an eye test, as free health initiative hits
CV Show in Birmingham
New website for ABDO now
online
GOS Contract in Scotland – reports significant
NHS savings
Professional Matters
(Optometry/Dispensing)
GOS claims service
transfers to Leeds
FODO holds AGM and gains two
new Directors
Exhibition and Training
Heidelberg Engineering launches
Grand Rounds educational series
Sight and Sound sponsor 12 Interactive Point CET Day 14th July to Raising
Awareness of Sight Loss
Time to act to develop your career with
ABDO College
ABDO Resource Centre adds a fully
fitted glazing lab.
New Products and Services
New addition to the Komono family with the
Komono eyewear cords
Launch of a mighty
good cleanser developed by an optometrist
Komono,
Dawn till dusk campaign
Blackfin Luminar takes
polarized sun lenses to a new level of perfection
Essilor launches Fashionable
Mirrored Adaptive Lenses
ULTRA LIMITED – Launch a new Memory Flex Collection
Simply the best sunglasses that
go over glasses!
Charity
BBC Radio 4 appeal set to raise profile of VCHP
Dealing with
Sight Loss and continued Employment.
Practitioners urged to hug this
tree-planting campaign
The Royal School for the Blind, now known as SeeAbility, celebrates its
220th Birthday
Dad-of-two set for gruelling charity challenges, raising money for
CHECT
Contact Lenses
Finalists unveiled for
2019 BCLA Awards
IACLE moves to regular updates of its flagship course with
ICLC 2020
Synergy between No7 (UK) and SwissLens (Switzerland) products
New Post Grad contact lens
Certificate at Anglia Ruskin University
Fancy that!
SynergEyes customers are having their cake and eating it – literally
Industry
No7 & CooperVision Extend Working Partnership
Diary
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