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ABDO College offers great courses to help your staff develop their skills. These courses can lead to stand-alone qualifications and also prepare people to study for the FBDO qualification.
Find out more >> http://abdocollege.org.uk/upskill/

Trainee DO Required
We are looking to employ a trainee Dispensing Optician for our upmarket, trendy Leicester City Centre practice. For your information we are a family run independent Opticians, established for over 130 years, with a total of 8 practices and our own glazing lab. Full supporting staff. Air-conditioned practices. Designer frames including Tiffany, Oakley, Rayban, Bvlgari, Tom Ford, Polo, Ted Bakers, etc. Applications via email to kawright@smithandhamyl...ton.com please include CV.

Henry Smith & Hamylton (Opticians) Ltd., Leicester.
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The Driving Blind Campaign is petitioning the Government to take direct action to cut road accidents caused by drivers with defective vision.
Optical professionals are being asked to support the buff.ly/2JWcrst campaign by signing the petition https://buff.ly/2lhOUHJ and promoting it to colleagues, patients and MPs.
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*Vacancy*
Qualified Dispensing Optician required for full time permanent position. Carmarthen, Llandysul, Morriston.
Our high end independent opticians has an opportunity for a qualified dispensing optician to join the growing team.
... You will dispense from an extensive range of beautiful designer frames & Rodenstock lenses and will have the opportunity to work with us when selecting new stock.
You will be based primarily between our Carmarthen & Llandysul practices but may be required to work in our Morriston practice also. Our Carmarthen practice has recently been totally refurbished and we have some of the most advanced equipment available in eye care.
We open from 9:00 to 5:30 on weekdays and on Saturday from 8:30 to 12:30. We close on Sunday and all bank holidays.
If you’re an enthusiastic dispensing optician looking for something new then we would love to hear from you. Please email your CV to normadavies@btconnect.com
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Bookings are now open for the ABDO CET evening in Hull.

Alongside improving lighting, providing contacts and a listening ear, the DO is ideally placed to help a patient with low vision explore the wide range of magnifiers that are available. Once you have an idea of the main issues that a person faces, you need to start considering solutions. Have a good sample set for patients with poor vision to try. Talk to suppliers about additional training in LVAs for the team. Magnifiers are now designed for real people taking into account limited movements due to strokes etc.
If you want to learn more about low vision, check out the ABDO College Low Vision Honours course at https://buff.ly/2q9ECvi

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A free resource pack for eyecare and health professionals containing valuable information on sight loss support services, charities, equipment and referral pathways has been produced by Visualise Training and Consultancy with the support of Thomas Pocklington Trust.
The pack complements the ‘Seeing Beyond the Eyes’ CET workshops currently touring the UK which raise awareness of the difficulties faced by patients diagnosed with irreversible sight loss. It contains valuable inf...ormation on local sight loss charities, eye clinic liaison officers (ECLO), low vision assessment services and Habilitation Workers. It also lists national organisations supporting people with sight loss and condition specific charities.
Daniel Williams of Visualise said “It is vital patients with sight loss are referred immediately to sight loss services that can enable their independence and help them deal with a difficult time in their life. However Optical professionals can’t refer if they don’t know who they are referring hence why we have created such a resource pack and training roadshow. "
The pack can be downloaded free of charge from the resources area of buff.ly/2K7Xx1q
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Want to be a part of the next 90?
Celebrating 90 Years Leightons Opticians & Hearing Care are continually innovating and developing and looking for like-minded individuals to join the team. Not only this but they invest in you, through training and development from their in-house Leightons Academy
If you are interested in employed roles, visit our careers page. Alternatively if you would like to locum please contact recruitment@leightons.co.uk
... https://www.leightons.co.uk/careers/
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ABDO Response to GOC Fitness to Practice Case

The Macular Society will hold its third Professional Conference in October. Tickets are now available for the event, ‘Excellence in Patient Support’, which takes place on Tuesday 16 October at Conference Aston, Aston University, Birmingham.
The conference is open to all staff working in the eye care sector. It will focus on the latest in macular treatments, NICE guidelines, the patient experience of the eye clinic and best practice.
Attendees will hear from a wide range of le...ading experts, including top ophthalmologists and researchers. There will also be a small group of exhibitors throughout the day, giving delegates the opportunity to see the latest low vision equipment and network with other sight loss organisations and charities.
Cathy Yelf, chief executive of the Macular Society, said: “Our Professional Conference has proved a huge hit for the past two years. In 2018, we’ve decided to take it on the road and hold it outside of London for the first time. Birmingham is the home of several top eye care sector events, so it’s the perfect location for this, and we’re grateful to Aston University for hosting us.
“Once again, there’s going to be a packed programme with a range of terrific speakers already confirmed and more set to follow. We’d encourage anyone interested in coming along to avoid disappointment and book their place as soon as possible.”
The Professional Conference runs from 9.15am-5pm. Tickets are £45 each and are available from the Macular Society website, https://buff.ly/2mIBgy4
For more information about the conference, please contact Jessica Murray, Macular Society professional liaison officer, on 01264 322 412 or email Jessica.M@macularsociety.org
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Alicia Thompson our Director of Professional Examinations has been presenting at the World Downs Syndrome Congress this week on the Application of facial measurements to spectacle frame design in children with Down’s syndrome.
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The ABDO CET brochure has been updated with events from July to December https://buff.ly/2JLq3G9

Remember that you are not the only person who can help: a big part of low vision work can be putting people in touch with a support network. There are lots of local groups who can help the patient. Find out about your local rehabilitation services and partially sighted societies. If there is an Eye Clinic Liaison Officer at your local hospital they can be a great source of resources and contacts. Build up a folder with large print information to hand to people, but again, don’t overwhelm them at the first visit. If you want to learn more about low vision, check out the ABDO College Low Vision Honours course at

*Charity Tuesday*
DO, Maureen King has combined her two passions in life to help others. The Maggies* Charity is a cause close to Maureen's heart so, with the support of her company, Duncan & Todd, who enabled her to bid for & secure one of the 80 penguins & she got down to work. All of the penguins were 'naked' to begin with & after many hours of TLC are now all painted & placed around Tayside for everyone to see. (https://buff.ly/2KjwG7O)
The penguins will beable to be vi...ewed at their sites until 22/23 rd of September before being auctioned off to raise funds for Maggies on 24th September 2018.
Maureen's penguin is called "Freeze Frame"and Maureen says he was born out of a love for Optics & Illustration & he is designed to be friendly & approachable.
Maureen hopes that "Freeze Frame" will raise a huge amount of money for Maggies along with his 79 brothers & sisters.
*Maggie’s provides free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends, following the ideas about cancer care originally laid out by Maggie Keswick Jencks. Built in the grounds of NHS cancer hospitals, Maggie’s Centres are places with professional staff on hand to offer the support people need. Maggies Centres rely on charitable giving to enable them to do their outstanding work. (buff.ly/2NULise) #NotJustaDO
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GOC announces arrangements for CET transition year