UKAS has granted the first accreditation for Ophthalmic and Vision Science to our colleagues in the Electrophysiology Department at Moorfields under the Improving Quality In Physical Services (IQIPS) programme.  This has been an incredible undertaking and huge achievement for the team.  

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Moorfields earns 1st UKAS accreditation for ophthalmic and vision science (IQIPS)

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Moorfields earns UK’s first UKAS accreditation for ophthalmic and vision science (IQIPS) | Eye News

Please keep your eye on the IQIPS dedicated page in the members area of this website, which will become a page for support and guidance, encourage other visual electrophysiology services to engage in accreditation.   

The next Metrovision training session (Visual field, Vision Electrophysiology) will take place on September, 3rd and 4th 2024.  This will be both on-site at Metrovision's offices and retransmitted for free online.

Registration (gotowebinar.com)

Free UKAS webinar at 12.30 on Wednesday 3rd July where  Senior Assessment Manager, Laura Booth, will explain the benefits accreditation and provide helpful advice on how to plan your journey to accreditation.

Accreditation of physiological services - IQIPS webinar (ukas.com)

The webinar will also include the opportunity to submit questions about the process of accreditation for IQIPS.

Are you eager to attend this year's ISCEV meeting but not sure how you will fund it? Did you know that BriSCEV have some travel grants which may assist?

Please see here for further details of the process: BriSCEV Grants and Awards_v0.1.docx

Application Deadline: Mon 27th May.

Stat Med Limited are very generously offering an ex-demo RETeval Flicker for sale at the  considerably reduced price of £3,500 plus delivery and VAT.  It even includes a brand new, lockable, carry case for the device (retail price £250).

If you are interested, feel free to get in touch for further information: info@statmed.co.uk

We are pleased to share with you the first 30 minute bite-sized webinar in the quality improvement series.  This first session will introduce quality management through real work, service level experience and where quality and accreditation fits.

Wednesday 24^th April 12.30 – 1pm

‘An introduction to quality management and IQIPS accreditation’ with Jamie Walton.

As an accreditation service lead, UKAS technical assessor and UKAS accreditation clinical advisory group member, Jamie Walton will share his experience with these different roles to make quality/accreditation less daunting.  

Registration is now open An introduction to quality management and IQIPS accreditation. | NHS England Events

National Physiological Science Data Collections

A development of data collection 'workbooks' to enable national data collection is now underway. From these collections, benchmarked analysis will inform service transformation, capacity modelling and workforce redesign.  From the 8th April to 3rd May 2024, the OVS data collection will be open, further information can be found: FutureNHS Collaboration Platform - FutureNHS Collaboration Platform once registered.  A national webinar was hosted by the national team on the 21^st of March, during which the team provided a technical walk through of the collection and answered questions raised by NHS trusts.  A copy of the recording and the Q&A document is available Ophthalmic and Vision Science Data Collection.

Registration is now open for the annual conference of the UK Eye Genetics Group on Monday 10th June 2024 in Liverpool.

This year, the meeting will be chaired by Ms Neeru Vallabh (Consultant Ophthalmologist, Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust and Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Liverpool). Hosted at The Spine building, Royal College of Physicians, in the beautiful city of Liverpool. 

Annual Meeting – Liverpool 2024 | UK EGG - The UK Eye Genetics Group

The 21st BriSCEV Course and Conference will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne on the 12th and 13th August 2024.

 Hosts: The Visual Electrodiagnostic Service at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals.

 Venue: The Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle University.

 Programme to follow with early bird registration and abstract submission .

 . . . Hope to welcome you all there!

We would like to draw your attention to a series of Webinars delivered by the Academy for Healthcare Scientists (AHCS).  Three speakers will be discussing the applications of AI within clinical services and methods of data interpretation using digital power and algorithms. 

The webinars take place on Thursday 7th March 12 - 1:30pm .  Details of registration can be found here: AI in Physiological Sciences - 07.03.24.pdf

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