Staffordshire LOC COVID-19 Update 1st April 2020Dear Colleagues, I do hope you are all well. I share your frustrations with the delayed responses and lack of clarity from national bodies as well as professional organisations. The unprecedented experience of living through a pandemic is hard enough without the uncertainty within our profession.
ADMIN/ SERVICE DELIVERY QUERIES Secretary: Alison Lowell - admin@staffsloc.co.uk CLINICAL/ SERVICE DELIVERY QUERIES Community Services Lead (North) - sih.razvi@yahoo.co.uk Community Services Lead (South) - markmccracken@live.com We will update you further as soon as there is significant development. Meanwhile, please do ensure you are following current COVID-19 Infection control measures. Take care and be safe! Kind Regards, Irfan Razvi Chairman Staffordshire Local Optical Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NHS England guidance 1st April 2020: Click here 2. Royal College of Ophthalmologists PPE guidance: (see above) 3. AOP/OFNC response: https://www.aop.org.uk/about-aop/aop-news/2020/04/01/covid19-nhs-support-for-optical-practices-in-England 4. ABDO: https://www.abdo.org.uk/coronavirus/ 5. College of Optometrists: https://www.college-optometrists.org/the-college/media-hub/news-listing/coronavirus-2019-advice-for-optometrists.html 6. LOCSU: https://www.locsu.co.uk/ofnc-statement-covid-19-nhs-guidance-for-optical-practices-in-england/ 7. General Optical Council: https://www.optical.org/en/news_publications/Publications/joint-statement-and-guidance-on-coronavirus-covid19.cfm |
|