1. Eliminating Avoidable sight loss and delivering excellent support for people with sight loss Health and Social Care Integration - From Hospital to Community

2. Eliminating Avoidable sight loss and delivering excellent support for people with sight loss From Strategy to implementation –For example what are the RCOphth doing? Local Vision Strategy – How will people know what to expect – Peoples charter Health Social Care Integration - ECLIO/info Px

3. What are the Royal College of Ophthalmologists doing with respect to UKVS and Community Eye Health Public Health Advocacy/Advice Community Based Services/PEC Teaching Training Accreditation Clinical Governance eg audit Health promotion Screening/Case detection Research + Evaluation

4. RCO Developments for UKVS ADVOCACY RCO Congress 4 V2020 Symposia Regular V2020UK articles in our bulletin RCO Press Release for UKVS

5. RCO Developments for UKVS TECHNICAL SUPPORT RCO Primary Care Group is now merged with very good multi-disciplinary collaboration to become V2020UK PCG RCOphth Ocular Public Health Group President sent copy of Low Visions to all RCO members

6. RCO Training for UKVS RCOphth New Curriculum –Yearly work based assessments of doctors history taking – communication, empathy sensitive to service users –Exams communication skills formally assessed by lay examiner –Role of ophthalmologist in NHS and MDT –Public Health curriculum being developed –Dept of Health e-learning curriculum should be accessible to wider work force

7. RCO Training for UKVS RCOphth one day seminar in CEH last year and this year in OPH/UKVS New OPH module Jan 26 th 09 New OPH certificate Jan 09 available to wider workforce

8. NEED TO DEVELOP LOCAL VISION STRATEGY LEEDS HAS DEVELOPED FIRST DRAFT WITH LOTS OF AREAS NEEDING A LOT OF WORK SO HOW DO WE PRIORITISE CONCEPT OF PEOPLES CHARTER of what can people expect RAISED AT UKVS ADVOCACY EVENT AT HOUSE OF LORDS WHAT MIGHT THIS LOOK LIKE?

9. HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION How do health care services initiate contact with social care What support can we initiate in health care setting Health and social care integration champion eg ECLO NALSVI equivalent Accessible Information to support self care – DH/RNIB Information prescription Over to Debbie Close with feedback on ECLIO role