Programme
Speakers' biogs are available here: https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/conference/speakers
10:00 – 10:05 Chair's welcome and introduction
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board
10:05 - 10:15 Unique Creative Arts Network (UCAN) Performance
[Title of sketch to follow]
10:15 - 10:30 Setting the scene
David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor, Welsh Government
10:30 – 10:45 Roll out of the Certificate of Vision Impairment in Primary Care
National Clinical Leads
10:45 – 11:00 The role of the Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECLO)
Ruth Rhydderch, ECLO, University Hospital of Wales [to be confirmed]
11:00 – 11:15 Burnout to balance: Through resilience and recovery
Sandy Davies, Chair of the Welsh Rehabilitation Officers Forum
11:15 – 11:30 Emotional and practical support for the whole family
Royal Society for Blind Children
11:30 - 12:00 BREAK, EXHIBITION STANDS
12:00 – 12:15 Reflecting on Care: An art installation to raise awareness about supporting the mental wellbeing of individuals with vision impairment
Dr. Claire Nollett
Richard Bowers
12:15 – 12:30 Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
[provisionally confirmed]
12:30 – 12:35 Launch of the Centre for Vision Services Research
Prof. Barbara Ryan, Cardiff University
12:35 – 12:45 Unique Creative Arts Network (UCAN) Productions
Sketch: ‘What makes me happy’.
12:45 – 13:00 Ministerial Speech
Jeremy Miles, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
13:00 - 13:45 LUNCH and NETWORKING
13:45 - 14:00 Lived experience
Anna Tylor, Chair of RNIB
14:00 – 14:15 Counselling and the importance of peer support
Nia Greer, North Wales Services Manager, Vision Support member of the Wales Vision Forum
14:15 – 14:30 LVSW practitioners’ approaches to their patients’ loneliness and isolation
Rebecca John, WCB Researcher
14:30 – 14:45 Positive mental and general health: Importance of both
Isabelle Oliver, Chief Medical Officer
14:45 - 15:00 The positive impact of sport and leisure
Gareth Davies, RNIB
James Ledger, Para Athlete
15:00 – 15:15 Looking after the Professionals
Michael Bradbury, Optometry Wales
15:15 – 15:30 Identifying depression
National Clinical Leads
15:30 - 15:55 Panel questions
- David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor, Welsh Government;
- Rhianon Reynolds, Llywydd of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Wales [to be confirmed];
- Nik Sheen, Head of Optometry, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW);
- Tim Morgan, WGOS National Optometric Clinical Lead.
15:55 – 16.00 Closing remarks
Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board