ISWL LOC

Join us at the ISWL LOC & Zeiss Discussion Workshop CPD event 📆Date and time: Monday 13th April 2026, 6:30-PM 8:15 PM 📍Location: Everyday Conferencing, 30 Queens Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 8LR 🔗 Please use the following link to reserve your place: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/response…

Thank you to Moorfields South for hosting and supporting our CPD Peer Review Event on 04/02/26. Thank you to the Moorfields Ophthalmology team Parham Azarbod, Elizabeth Yang, Elisabeth De Smit and Rathie Rajendram for leading the case discussions and sharing their expertise.

Join us at the ISWL LOC & Moorfields South Peer Review Event on 4/2/26 6PM-8:35PM, Moorfields Eye Clinic, St George’s Hospital, Ground Floor, Lanesborough Wing, SW17 0QT 3 interactive peer review CPD points 🔗Use the following link to reserve your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/moorfields-s…

Festive Greetings from our Chair

Thank you to SEON Vision and Théa Pharma UK for hosting and supporting our successful CPD event on 12/11/25. Thank you to Nizar Din, Mohsin Patel and Alastair Porteous for presenting and supervising the topic of corneal dystrophies and the corneal foreign body removal workshop.

‼️‼️ This event is fully booked and the registration for this event is now closed.

Join our next CPD event, "Corneal Dystrophies and Foreign Body Removal Training " on 12/11/25, 3 interactive CPD points, at SEON Vision, 140 London Road, Kingston, KT2 6QL. 6:15PM registration & dinner, 7:00PM CPD presentation.Details & Booking here: loc-online.co.uk/mertonsuttonwa… pic.twitter.com/WJm7DqdCGx

Banish screen fatigue by being #ScreenSmart ⏸️Switch-off before bed 📏Measure the distance between your eyes & screen 🔧Adjust your work station & screen settings 🫧Refresh your eyes by consciously blinking ⏰Take regular breaks visionmatters.org.uk/news/news/post… #VisionMatters #EyeWeek

1 in 5 children in the UK are living with an undiagnosed vision problem. Help keep their eyes healthy with regular eye tests, eating a healthy diet, limiting screen time, spending 2 hours a day outdoors and wearing sunglasses. #EyeWeek #VisionMatters

With cases of the four major causes of sight loss – cataract, glaucoma, diabetic eye disease and late-stage age related macular degeneration – forecast to rise dramatically over the next decade #EyeWeek is the perfect time to prioritise your eye health because #VisionMatters

Thank you to all LOC members and attendees who attended our CPD event on 9/9/25. We also thank our event speaker, Edward Lee, for an informative talk on macula OCT interpretations. The event was sponsored by Thea, whom we thank for their generous support.

‼️🚨CPD event “Macula OCT Interpretation" on 09/09/25, will go ahead as planned, but please allow extra travel time and plan your journey carefully due to the planned tube strikes. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time to secure your place:
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An important diary date for you - National Eye Health Week (#VisionMatters) takes place from 22–28 September 2025. This important public health campaign is designed to raise awareness of the importance of good eye care, and plays an important part in promoting the role of community optometry in keeping Britain healthy. Read more here ➡️ locsu.co.uk/national-eye-h… #NEHW #VisionMatters #EyeWeek #optometry #opticians #eyehealth

Our next committee meeting will be on Thursday 4th September 2025, in Room 7, William Morris House, 267 The Broadway, London SW19 1SD at 18:30 (1900 via Zoom, link to be circulated later). More details here: loc-online.co.uk/mertonsuttonwa…

Our next CPD event, "Macula OCT Interpretation" on 09/09/2025, for 1 interactive CPD point, at St Helier Eye Clinic, St Helier Hospital Wrythe Lane, Sutton, Carshalton SM5 1AA. 6:30PM registration & buffett, 7:00PM CPD presentation.Details & Booking here: forms.office.com/e/7xJ3qPuEkR

Thank you to LOC members and our LOCSU guest Danielle Ellis, who attended our 2025 AGM on June 19th. We also thank our CPD event speaker Faisal Ahmed for a great talk on Glaucoma. The CPD event was sponsored by Spectrum Ophthalmic, whom we thank for their generous support.

Our 2025 Annual General Meeting will be on June 19th at Merton Vision, 67 Clarendon Rd, SW19 2DX, starting at 6:45 PM with a buffet followed by the AGM and CPD event. More details here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/pePVZV1JE1… We thank our sponsor Spectrum Ophthalmic for their support.