NES Optometry

14/12/2025

As the year draws to a close, join us for our 🎀10 days to Christmas countdown🎀, celebrating all the milestones and achievements NES Optometry has seen in 2025!

12/12/2025

📣Our Independent Prescribing Simulation-Based Sessions at Clinic M, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow are now available to book on Turas for January to March 2026.

Each day is made up of two sessions (am/pm) and each session can be used for 1 IP clinical placement or 3 Specialist or 3 General Interactive CPD points.

Our simulated patient and EyeSi Virtual Reality slit lamp experience allows you to reflect on your performance, learn from your peers, and refine your clinical and non-technical skills. See you there!

💻Book here https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/80557

03/12/2025

Diabetes: From the Retina to Reality

🗓️ Monday 26 January 2026
📍 Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling
🕘 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Registration opens at 8:30am)
📖 10 CPD Points

Join us for a dynamic, in-person CPD day designed to deepen your understanding of diabetes, its impact on eye health and beyond.
This full-day event will feature an interactive mix of lectures, peer discussion and workshops exploring the lived experience of diabetes.

👉 Book now https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/86921

01/12/2025

📣We have added an additional 2 dates for the Eyecare for Everyone Regional Evening CPD Event - 6 interactive CPD points

Join NES and ABDO for a collaborative Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event designed specifically for GOC-registered professionals working in optical practices across Scotland.

🎉 Event Highlights:
• Interactive Discussion Workshop
• Peer discussion and reflection

This evening session will focus on strengthening your skills in:
• Appropriate clinical decision-making
• Effective multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Delivering inclusive, patient-centred care

Whether you're an optometrist, dispensing optician, or support staff, this event offers a valuable opportunity to reflect, share experiences, and enhance your practice in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Let’s work together to raise the standard of care for every patient, every day.

*Sandwiches and refreshments provided

📌 Dundee Dental Education Centre
🗓️ Thursday 15th January 2026
⌚ 18:00-20:30

📌 Aberdeen Dental Education Centre
🗓️ Monday 16th February 2026
⌚ 18:00-20:30

BOOK HERE https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/86276

27/11/2025

📣WEBINAR OPPORTUNITY THIS THURSDAY
📋Essential Skills for Compassionate Eye Care

As eye care professionals, we often encounter patients and colleagues experiencing loss. This webinar will look at how to approach sensitive situations and build your resilience to these types of interactions.
Gain practical tools and confidence to :
• Recognize and respond to bereavement in your practice
• Communicate sensitively with those who are grieving
• Support your own wellbeing after difficult interactions

On completion of this webinar, attendees should be aware of how to sensitively approach interactions with those who are bereaved, to have the confidence to talk, or just listen.

Secure your place now—because compassionate care starts with understanding.
📅Thursday 27th November 2025 (online)
⏰19:00-20:00
📖 1 interactive GOC CPD point available
💻BOOK HERE: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/86011

18/11/2025

Coming Soon: Remote & Rural Lifestyle Series

Our upcoming video series takes you behind the scenes with optometrists who’ve embraced remote and rural practice across Scotland, sharing their experiences, lifestyle, and the unique rewards of these communities. If you're a practitioner looking for a new challenge or a student considering your next placement, this is your chance to see why remote and rural could be the perfect fit.

📸 Here’s a sneak peek from a couple of our shoots – stay tuned for the full series!

👉 Follow us for updates and be first to watch when the series launches in the Spring.

14/11/2025

📣 Today is World Diabetes Day
To mark the occasion, Diabetes UK has launched their new campaign: Strike Out Stigma, and we’re delighted to announce our upcoming CPD event:

Diabetes: From the Retina to Reality

This immersive day is designed to deepen your clinical insight and strengthen your patient-centred care by exploring the impact of diabetes both clinically and emotionally.

Event Highlights:

👁️ Explore the lived experience of diabetes
💬 Engage in peer-led workshops
🧠Learn about the latest technology and treatment in diabetes care

👉Book now https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/86921
📍Stirling Court Hotel
📅Monday 26th January 2026
🕔9am – 5pm

🔗Learn more about Diabetes UK's Strike Out Stigma campaign: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/support-us/world-diabetes-day

10/11/2025

📣NES are delighted to once again host the ‘Return to work’ course. This course is aimed at registered optometrists who have been out of work for some time or for those who are providing GOS services in Scotland for the first time.

🎉 Event Highlights:
• This two-day course combines lectures, discussion workshops, and practical sessions designed to boost confidence and deliver the latest knowledge required for providing GOS eye examinations in Scotland.
• Participant numbers are kept low to foster a relaxed and supportive learning environment, with small groups receiving close supervision from the NES optometry team.
• The course aims to be both informative and confidence building for all attendees.

BOOK HERE: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/86928/optometry/course-booking/return-to-work-course-2026
📌 Stobhill Hospital
🗓️ Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th January 2026
⌚ 09:30-16:00

31/10/2025

🎉 That’s a wrap on our Introduction to FTY FAQ series!

We’ve enjoyed sharing insights into the new FTY and we’re just getting started. Over the coming months we’ll expand our FAQ series, delving deeper into other aspects of the FTY including recruitment and placement plans as well as supervision and supervisor engagement.

📌 Follow this page to stay up to date with future FAQs, news, and developments.


📬 Want even more updates?
Subscribe to our quarterly FTY newsletter by emailing: nes.ftyoptometry@nhs.scot


🔍 For full details on the development of the FTY, visit our dedicated Turas Learn page: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/71767

29/10/2025

📣Eyecare for Everyone Regional Evening CPD Event

*6 Interactive CPD points available*

Join NES and ABDO for a collaborative Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event designed specifically for GOC-registered professionals working in optical practices across Scotland.

🎉 Event Highlights:
• Interactive Discussion Workshop
• Peer discussion and reflection
This evening session will focus on strengthening your skills in:
• Appropriate clinical decision-making
• Effective multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Delivering inclusive, patient-centred care

Whether you're an optometrist, dispensing optician, or support staff, this event offers a valuable opportunity to reflect, share experiences, and enhance your practice in a supportive, collaborative environment.

BOOK HERE https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/86276

Let’s work together to raise the standard of care for every patient, every day.

📌Stirling Court Hotel
🗓️Tuesday 11th November 2025
⌚18:00-20:30
📚6 interactive CPD points

28/10/2025

Reflecting on FTY Stakeholder Day



Last week, we welcomed members of the FTY Stakeholder Group to an in-person meeting at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow.

The day was packed with engaging presentations and hands-on sessions that highlighted the transformative power of simulation and technology in Optometry education. Attendees had the opportunity to experience the very simulations that FTY students will encounter during their placement year, bringing theory to life in a truly immersive way.

We wrapped up with a forward-looking discussion on the future of simulation within the FTY placement, sparking ideas and inspiration for what’s ahead.

We're happy to share this video showcasing some of the highlights from the day: https://vimeo.com/1131322977

💬 A big thank you to our participants for bringing such great energy and ideas to the event!

This is "Optometry FTY Stakeholder Day - October 2025" by NES on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

27/10/2025

❓FAQ #6: What is the timeline for development of the FTY?


We’re thrilled to share the journey behind the scenes of the development of the new FTY, designed to support student optometrists as they transition into confident, capable clinicians.


This is a collaborative effort, and we’re grateful to those involved in shaping it so far.

🔍 For full details on the development of the FTY, visit our dedicated Turas Learn page: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/71767