Programme
Speakers' biogs are available here: https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/conference/speakers
Click on links to see Powerpoint presentations where available:
10:00 – 10:05 Chair's welcome and introduction - Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board
10:05 - 10:15 UCAN Performance - BananaTech AI Demonstration
10:15 - 10:30 Ministerial Speech - Jeremy Miles, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
10:30 - 10:45 New Service Models and integration - David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor, Welsh Government [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/194/new-service-models-and-integration]
10:45 - 11:00 A new pathway into the Third Sector - Owen Williams and John Dixon, Wales Vision Forum [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/186/a-new-pathway-into-the-third-sector]
11:00 - 11:15 Habilitation: skills for learning and life - Andrea Gordon and Cath Lewis, Guide Dogs, Cymru [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/191/habilitation-skills-for-learning-and-life]
11:15 - 11:30 A workforce crisis: action is needed - Sandy Davies, Chair Welsh Rehabilitation Officers Forum (WROF) and Nick Lancaster, Visual Impairment Brecon. [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/187/a-workforce-crisis-action-is-needed]
11:30 - 12:00 BREAK, EXHIBITION STANDS
12:00 - 12:15 Ophthalmology Clinical Strategy - Rhiannon Reynolds, Llywydd of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Wales and William Oliver, Assistant Director, NHS Executive [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/193/national-clinical-strategy-for-ophthalmology]
12:15 - 12:30 Certificate of Vision Impairment and Social Prescribing - Wales General Ophthalmic Service National Clinical Leads, Rebecca John and Tim Morgan
12:30 – 12:45 ASSIST study: research into social prescribing and other support for older people with sight loss - Jennifer H. Acton Senior Lecturer & Optometrist, School of Optometry & Vision Sciences [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/188/assist-study-research-into-support-including-social-prescribing-for-older-people-with-sight-loss-in-]
12:45 - 13:00 Integration of Primary and Secondary Care - David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor to Welsh Government, Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board, and Rhiannon Reynolds, Llywydd of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Wales [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/196/who-does-what-in-eyecare]
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH and NETWORKING
14:00 - 14:10 UCAN Performance - The Minute to Moan Podcast
14:10 - 14:25 Eye Care and Public Health - Pushpinder Mangat, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/190/eye-care-and-public-health]
14:25 - 14:40 Teach and Treat Clinics and a Simulation Suite for Ophthalmology - Professor Barbara Ryan MBE, Cardiff University [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/192/hospital-to-community-educating-the-eye-care-workforce]
14:40 – 14:55 Research into Unpaid Carers - progress report - Dr. Vanessa Webb, Research Associate, Swansea University.
14:55 - 15:05 Blind Veterans - Beth Ellis, Community Support Worker [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/189/blind-veterans-uk-who-we-are]
15:05 - 15:20 Report on Multi-sensory Impairments - Hester Richardson, QTVI, MEd, QTMSI FHEA, University of Birmingham [https://wcb-ccd.org.uk/perspectif/library/195/rapid-evidence-report-multi-sensory-impairment]
15:20 - 15:40 Panel questions David O'Sullivan, Chief Optometric Advisor, Welsh Government; Rhianon Reynolds, Llywydd of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Wales; Sarah Schumm, Eye Health Training and Education Lead for Optometry, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW); Tim Morgan, WGOS National Optometric Clinical Lead
15:40 - 15:45 Closing remarks - Gwyn Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board