Northern Region Clinical Meeting
June 16, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
| Free – £20.00Agenda
1.30 Welcome
Deborah Podmore, North of England Trustee, BIOS
1.35 Addressing Barriers to Amblyopia Therapy
Laura England Research Orthoptist , Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Anna O’Connor, Senior Lecturer in Orthoptics, University of Liverpool
2.05 Paediatric Ophthalmology Covid-19 Response
Scott Mills, Paediatric Orthoptist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
2.20 How we are implementing NHS England Special School Eye Care Services
Frances Midgley, SEN Lead, Warrington and Halton Hospitals
2.35 Orthoptic updates in acquired brain injury and neurological conditions
Claire Howard, Stroke specialist orthoptist, Northern Care Alliance (Salford)
3.05 questions then break
3.20 Role of vision in falls and fear of falling in older adults
Jignasa Mehta, Professional Lead for Orthoptics, University of Liverpool
3.50 Is remote vision testing feasible using modified the iSight App
Anne Bjerre, Senior lecturer in Orthoptics , University of Sheffield
4.05 Evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of crowded picture visual acuity tests compared to a crowded letter visual acuity test
Lowri Jones, Specialist Orthoptist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
4.20 questions and close
There will be a 15 minute break in the middle and time for questions built in