Programme
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09:45 – 09:50 Chair's welcome and introduction
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay UHB
09:50 - 10:00 UCAN Performance 'We thank you'
10:00 - 10:15 Ministerial Speech
Eluned Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services
10:15 - 10:30 Successful Reform
David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor to Welsh Government
Dr Nik Sheen, Head of Optometry, Health Education and Improvement Wales
10:30 - 10:45 Eye Care Services, the National Context
[Presentation] Dr. Fiona Jenkins, Executive Director of Therapy, Health Science for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
10:45 - 11:15 Effective Communication and Breaking Bad News
[Presentation] Lorcan Butler, Optical Engagement Manager, The Brain Tumour Charity
11:15 - 11:45 BREAK, EXHIBITION STANDS.
11:45 - 12:00 Talking about low vision and mental health (patients' perspectives)
[Presentation] Dr. Claire Nollett, Research Fellow, Cardiff University
12:00 - 12:15 Harnessing the Power of Collaboration - Health, Social Care and Third Sector working together
[Video] Sandy Davies, Chair, Welsh Rehabilitation Officers Forum
12:15 - 12:30 Accessible information (patient voice)
[Presentation] Liz Williams, RNIB Cymru, Nic Lancaster, Rachel Jones
12:30 - 12:45 Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People
[Presentation] Sarah Hughes, Head of Vision Impairment, SenCom
12:45 - 13:00 Hospital to Community: the value of optometrists monitoring and managing sight loss
[Presentation] Pippa Anderson; Rhianon Reynolds; Prof. Barbara Ryan
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH and NETWORKING
14:00 - 14:10 UCAN Performance 'Blind People for the Movement of Blind People'
14:10 - 14:20 Sight Loss Pathway
[Presentation] John Dixon, NHS (Wales) Engagement Manager, RNIB
14:20 – 14:30 Regional Centres of excellence
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay UHB
14:30 - 14:40 Wales General Ophthalmic Services (WGOS)
Rebecca Bartlett, National WGOS Optometric Clinical Lead
14:40 - 14:50 Implementation
David O’Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor to Welsh Government
14:50 - 15:00 Greener Wales and Eye Care
Tim Morgan, National WGOS Optometric Lead / Primary Care Green Champion within BCUHB
15:00 - 15:25 Panel questions
David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor to Welsh Government
Rhianon Reynolds, Llywydd of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Wales
Dr Nik Sheen, Head of Optometry, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
Mike George, WGOS National Optometric Clinical Lead
15:25 - 15:30 Closing remarks
Gwyn Williams (Chair)
Exhibitors:
Wales Vision Forum, LVSW, Optometry Wales.