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Webinar: Pep talk for PPE

Over 400 eye care professionals tuned in to an online discussion organised by Thea and the BCLA about clinical practice during the Covid-19 pandemic. Bill Harvey reports

There are so many webinars and online events at present that it is a real pleasure when you come across one that really stands out. Such a case was the recent online talk arranged by Thea Pharmaceuticals as part of its ongoing eye care education programme. Professor Christine Purslow, Thea Head of Medical Affairs in UK & Ireland, had managed to pin down for an hour the estimable Professor Harwaz Hossein who, as consultant ophthalmologist and renowned corneal specialist, is a key member of the team at the Southampton NHS Trust and University. Southampton is fast becoming a key centre for Covid-19 research and management, and this is now more widely known since the artist Banksy recently gifted a painting of NHS Heroism now to be found hanging in the hospital corridor (figure 1).

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