The increase in the CET grant has been agreed for 2008, and the payment, which is payable in 2009 for CET undertaken in 2008, is now £458. This fee is applicable to practitioners in England and can be applied for between July 1st and 30 September 2009 .
The documents relating to the claim are available on the AOP website here. The relative documents for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will also be available in the same place once they have been issued.
The AOP, together with ABDO, the College and FODO have issued advice to practitioners about the outbreak of swine flu. Click here to download it.
NICE issued guidelines on April 22 on the diagnosis and management of glaucoma and OHT which have a significant effect on optometric management of glaucoma patients.
The AOP has issued advice and a list of FAQs to aid practitioners in implementing the guidelines. The FAQs are updated as our knowledge and understanding of NICE develops and as optometrists ask us tricky questions! Click here to see the AOP's advice, and click here to see the guidelines in full.
Some PCTs are asking optometrists not to alter their referral criteria as a result of NICE. The AOP strongly advises members to take full account of NICE when considering referring a patient on the grounds of IOPs of 22mm Hg or over.
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28th Nov 2009
The 35th Hospital Optometrists Annual Conference will be held at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate over the weekend of 28th to 29th November 2009.
31st Oct 2009
The Association of Optometrists is holding its annual ‘Eye Opener’ event again in 2009. It will take place at Butlins, Skegness on the wekend of 31st Oct/1st November.
26th Nov 2009
The National Optometric Conference takes place on 26-27 November 2009 at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate. Details of the programme and booking fees will be available shortly.
