Press Release: ABDO to offer members online regional events
Following on from its successful online Consultation Day, ABDO has announced a series of Regional Policy Meetings to take place during December.
These meetings will allow members to discover the latest on national and local policy work, including updates on Covid-19.
ABDO Head of Policy Debbie McGill says, “This new series of meetings sets the way for ABDO to engage with members going forward in 2021. It is your chance to meet your regional team, who is on hand to support you locally. There will also be question and answer sessions, giving ABDO members the chance to have their say. And while we are starting with digital events, we hope that 2021 will give us the chance to offer these events face to face, including the delivery of CPD.”
At the events, ABDO’s head of policy and regional leads will be presenting and consulting on ABDO policy objectives, as well as highlighting opportunities available throughout the UK for dispensing and contact lens opticians to develop and deliver further eye health care.
Alongside this, regional leads will update on ABDO’s work with the representative bodies in each nation and the head of policy will update on ongoing discussions with each nation’s government.
As Covid-19 looks like it will remain top of the agenda for some time to come, each meeting will also be a chance for ABDO to discover how members are managing on the front line, to advise on public health advice in relation to infection prevention and control and personal protective equipment, and to offer advice for employers and employees on practice risk assessments and dispensing to children.
Dates for events:
- Thursday 3 December – Wales
- Monday 7 December – Northern Ireland
- Thursday 10 December – England
- Monday 14 December – Scotland
Find out more and book onto the event for your region at www.abdo.org.uk/events
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Notes to Editors
- Media enquiries to Antonia Chitty achitty@abdo.org.uk
- ABDO represents over 6000 qualified dispensing opticians in the UK