Useful Links
Below is a list of useful links, should you find another website that you feel would be of use and would like to share with other members, please email deatils of the website to webmaster@surreyloc.org.uk and the links will be added to this site in due course.
NICE works on behalf of the National Health Service and the people who use it.
We make recommendations on treatments and care using the best available evidence
www.nice.org.uk
Link to NICE web page about their new "How to"
guide to implementation of NICE guidelines
www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=280329
The Optical Benevolent Fund is able to offer short or longer-term financial support to anyone who is or has been a member of the optical profession in the United Kingdom or their dependents, who find themselves confronted by difficult circumstances, for whatever reason.
Please look through their website to see what can be offered. Contact by letter, telephone, e mail, or by filling in the form from this website.
The Central (LOC) Fund collects money by voluntary levy and donations from optometrists and LOCs. It distributes this in the form of grants to organisations and individual applicants for issues and projects that will be of benefit to the whole profession.
The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians represent Opticians in
Business and optical employers.
www.fodo.com
Responsible for approving credits for CET meetings. You can aslo view all approved
meetings/courses and see instructions on how to record points from 2005.
www.cetoptics.com
Please access this site for Contractor lists, Payment administration and Post
Payment Verification
www.pcss.nhs.uk