Wales Eyecare Conference 2023
This conference is fully booked but you can add your name to the waiting list.
Date and time
Location
Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground
Sophia Walk Pontcanna CF11 9XR United KingdomAgenda
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM
Chair's welcome and introduction
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, SBUHB
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM
UCAN Performance
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Ministerial Speech
Eluned Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Successful Reform
David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor Wales & HEIW
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Hospital Eye Services Planned Care
Fiona Jenkins
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Effective communication - Brain Tumour Trust
Lorcan Butler, Optical Engagement Manager
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
BREAK, EXHIBITION STANDS
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Talking about low vision and mental health (patients' perspectives)
Claire Nollett, Research Fellow, Cardiff University
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Harnessing the Power of Collaboration
Sandy Davies, Chair, Welsh Rehabilitation Officers Forum
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Accessible information (patient voice)
Liz Williams, RNIB
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People
Sarah Hughes, Head of Vision Impairment Service, SENCOM
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Hospital to Community: the value of optometrists monitoring and managing sight
Pippa Anderson; Rhianon Reynolds; Prof. Barbara Ryan
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH and NETWORKING
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
UCAN Performance
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM
Sight Loss Pathway
John Dixon, NHS (Wales) Engagement Manager, RNIB
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Regional Centres of Excellence
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, SBUHB
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
Wales General Ophthalmic Services
National Optometric Clinical Lead
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM
Implementation
David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor for Wales
Chair of the Contract Reform Implementation Board COA
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
Greener Wales and Eye Care
to be confirmed
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Panel Questions
members to be confirmed
3:25 PM
Closing remarks
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, SBUHB
About this event
!! The available spaces have now been filled. You can join a wait list by selecting 'Get tickets'. If people who've booked already subsequently cancel, the wait list gets used and you will be notified if a place is available for you.
We cannot accept people turning up on the day without a ticket as spaces are limited.
To speak to us about your booking, please call Wales Council of the Blind on 029 2047 3954. Our dedicated Eyecare Conference webpage can be accessed via Wales Council of the Blind
Frequently asked questions
We shall contact you via email when we know how much parking is available. Priority will be given to disabled people.
Yes.