The College is pleased to announce the launch of a new Peer Review Group Programme an umbrella scheme designed to help small groups register with CETOptics and obtain CET points.
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The College will be hosting four one-day roadshows in June, entitled An Introduction to Supervision. We will be covering all aspects of supervision with a focus on the Scheme for Registration of UK -Trained Optometrists, which is currently in its first live year.
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At the Council Meeting following yesterdays Annual General Meeting, Kevin Lewis took over from David Cartwright as President of the College of Optometrists. Rob Hogan was elected as Vice President. Each will serve a term of two years.
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The optical sector has welcomed new research showing how a new optical contract and better funding could make rapid progress towards the goals set out in the "Our health, our care our say" White paper.
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The General Optical Council announced a formal consultation on draft amendments to the Continuing Education and Training (CET) rules this week. The Council does not propose any major changes to its rules for the next cycle, beginning 1 January 2007.
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The College of Optometrists has published guidance to its Members designed to help them respond to requests from PCTs undergoing the Healthcare Commissions Annual Health Check.
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The Health Bill and GOS Review have provided an opportunity for the College to define and propose a new approach to primary ophthalmic services, which, it believes, offers the greatest benefits to patients and maximum utilisation of the skills of optometrists, dispensing opticians and optical practices.
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Delegates attending this years College Conference Optometry Tomorrow 2006 will benefit from the opportunity to polish their golfing skills by playing a round with the Colleges President, David Cartwright.
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This years Annual College Conference, Optometry Tomorrow 2006, is attracting more interest than ever, with twice as many delegates registered compared with the same time last year.
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We have been made aware of some errors in the Minims Product Information Portfolio 2005 published by Bausch and Lomb.
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