Dear All We have been asked, by Moorfields Hospital, to re-circulate the SEL Urgent Macula Referral Form. Please click here for a copy of the form.  Please note the designated email address for Wet AMD referrals to Moorfields which is meh-tr.wetarmd@nhs.net. Kind Regards Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich LOC

Dear All Please click below for information from PCSE re WAF testing and deployment. WAF testing and deployment (pcsengland.co.uk) Kind Regards Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich LOC

Dear All, The Public Health team at Bromley Council have introduced a new free smoking cessation service called Smoke Free Bromley available to all residents in Bromley who would like to quit smoking. Please click here for the flyer for optical practices and here for the generic flyer. Kind regards, Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich LOC

Dear All, Please click here for information on waiting times for King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) and Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). This document includes the average wait in weeks for a new appointment at hospital ophthalmology services. Please allow a 1-2 week variance in the waiting times listed, as they were pulled on…

Dear All, There will be times when you need to refer your patient onwards to the hospital eye service.  Getting your patient seen efficiently and appropriately starts with effective communication and a good referral.  Ensuring your referral contains all salient points is crucial if you wish to avoid your request being delayed, diverted or possibly…

Dear All, This is a reminder that, as part of the requirements for the CPD cycle, you are required to carry out and document a reflective exercise, based on the content of your personal development plan by the end of the cycle. This will involve discussion with a peer, who may be another registered healthcare…

Dear All Please click here for some information on a SpaMedica, Bromley CPD event on Wednesday 17th July’. Kind Regards Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich LOC

Dear All, This is a reminder that, if your practice has an NHS email address, you must complete the Data Protection & Security Toolkit annually. You can complete this either via the DSPT website or the QIO website (links below). The deadline for completion of the 2023/2024 toolkit is 30th June 2024. If you have not completed the…

Dear All, You may have heard in the news about a major IT failure at Synnovis, the lab which conducts pathology testing for the major hospitals and primary care in South East London. The results of this lab affect eye care from our perspective because urgent swab and culture are not able to take place…

Dear Colleague, As you will be aware it is a contractual requirement to confirm the number of written NHS complaints received for GOS in your practice. NHSBSA are administering the GOS complaints submission on behalf of GOS commissioners. We are writing to confirm with you the dates and process for this year’s submission. The online…