National Optical Conference

The Association of Optometrists (AOP) is the leading representative membership organisation for optometrists in the UK. We support over 80% of practising optometrists, to fulfil their professional roles to protect the nation’s eye health. As a founding member of the Optical Confederation we work with others to improve eye health for the public good.

For more information, visit www.aop.org.uk

 

Cegedim Rx is a major supplier of IT Solutions for healthcare professionals and healthcare companies. For over a decade we have helped NHS Service Leads in Primary Care Trusts to manage, evaluate and improve the delivery of local NHS Services. Our web-based OptoManager offers an enhanced service and claims management system to help facilitate local delivery of optometry services such as glaucoma referral refinement and cataract referral.

“The Brain Tumour Charity is at the forefront of the fight against brain tumours, making a difference every day to the lives of people with a brain tumour and their families. We aim to double survival within 10 years and halve the harm that brain tumours have on quality of life within five years. Our information is designed to aid earlier diagnosis and support patients throughout their journey.”

Website: https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/
Address: Hartshead House, 61-65 Victoria Road, Farnborough GU14 7PA

The College is the professional body for optometry. It qualifies the profession and delivers the guidance and development to ensure optometrists provide the best possible care. We promote excellence through the College’s affixes, by building the evidence base for optometry, and raising awareness of the profession with the public, commissioners, and health care professionals.

www.college-optometrists.org

 

The General Optical Council is one of 12 organisations in the UK known as health and social care regulators. These organisations oversee the health and social care professions by regulating individual professionals. We are the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. We currently register around 30,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses.

www.optical.org

Local Optical Committees (LOCs) are recognised by the NHS as the representative organisation for optometrists and dispensing opticians delivering ophthalmic services such as sight tests and other eye health services. LOCSU (the Local Optical Committee Support Unit) is the national support unit in England for the 70-plus LOCs. LOCSU works with LOCs and local NHS Commissioners to develop local eye health services which are more accessible for patients and cost effective for the NHS.

For information about eye health services visit the Local Optical Committee Support Unit website: http://www.locsu.co.uk/community-services-pathways/ or contact [email protected]

Mainline Instruments has grown as an independent supplier of Ophthalmic Instrumentation that offers novel solutions for the optometry world.

Formed in 1997 and based in Birmingham, Mainline are ideally experienced and located to provide support for the many products available.  Mainline supply a variety of products from established manufacturers such as Icare, Keeler, Tomey, Huvitz, Neitz, Oculus and more.

http://www.main-line.co.uk/

With over 40 years’ experience, Menicon Ltd. is one of the UK’s leading lens manufacturers.  The company combines traditional values of quality, expertise and service with exciting new lenses and accessories.

Menicon is renowned for its high quality lenses, especially the Rose K2 range which is the most widely prescribed brand of irregular cornea lenses worldwide.

http://www.menicon.com/corporate/

OCuSOFT® is most recognized for OCuSOFT® Lid Scrub®, OCuSOFT® Lid Scrub Plus and OCuSOFT® Baby wipes for the treatment of Blepharitis. Additionally, we have the Oust Demodex range, an extra strength cleanser with tea tree oil that helps to control adult Demodex mites and their offspring when used daily.

Optelec Ltd. are part of Vispero, the world’s largest supplier of adaptive technology for the visually impaired and blindness communities. We are also proudly known as the UK distributor of the Schweizer range of optical magnifying devices and accessories. Speak to us about the products and services that our group of companies can offer from low vision hardware, braille technology, low vision and blindness software and digital compliance services for providing online access for visually impaired people.

Optos plc has the vision to be The Retina Company and recognised as a leading provider of devices to eyecare professionals for improved patient care. Optos' devices produce ultra-widefield, high resolution images (optomap^®) of approximately 200° of the retina, something no other device can capture in any single image.

www.optos.com

PCSE provides services that underpin the NHS in delivering high quality primary care for patients.  

The support we offer ranges from key administrative and payment services, to managing supplies and performers list. We do this and more for Opticians, GPs, Dentists and Pharmacists.

Our vision is to create more modern, efficient, easy to use support services for the future.

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is the only professional body responsible for the training and education of eye doctors.  We provide impartial, clinically based evidence in the co-ordination and management of optimal eye care services across the UK, putting patient care and safety at the heart of everything we do.

www.rcophth.ac.uk

Scope is a family-run company with a heritage of bringing evidence-based, premium products to healthcare professionals and end-consumers alike. Scope offers innovative products for ocular surface diseases such as Dry Eye Disease. Operating in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, we have a well-established portfolio which includes; The HYCOSAN® range, OPTASE® and Omega Eye. 

www.scopeophthalmics.com

We don’t underestimate people.
SeeAbility provides extraordinary support and champions better eye care for people with learning disabilities and autism, many of whom have sight loss.
Help us rethink disability. Get involved at SeeAbility.org

Topcon is a leading innovator worldwide in the field of ophthalmic imaging systems, software and instrumentation. Founded in Tokyo in 1932, Topcon has far-reaching expertise and also offers an extensive range of education from their clinical affairs team; and have a specialised team of service engineers.

www.topcon-medical.co.uk

01635 551120

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