Book early for Birmingham

Booking is well under way for this autumn's clinical conferences, jointly run by Replay Learning and Optician. The conferences include a choice of lectures and seminars for optometrists and dispensing opticians. In previous weeks, there have been reviews of the clinical conference in Bradford on Sunday September 23, and in Egham, Surrey on Sunday, October 7.

There are also conferences in Birmingham on Sunday, October 21 and in central London on Sunday, November 4. This week, we preview the range of lectures planned for the clinical conference at Austin Court, in the heart of Birmingham.

Contact lens complications

To start the morning session, Anna Sulley, optometrist and contact lens practitioner from Farnham, will discuss how to tackle individual complications in contact lens practice. Using images, video and live demonstrations, Sulley will show delegates how to form the best plan of action. Lid margin disease and the differential diagnosis and management of mechanical complications and inflammatory events will be covered. The second morning lecture will be given by local ophthalmologist Sajjad Haider, who will talk on the management of glaucoma in primary care. With the government drive to devolve management of chronic disease to primary care, optometrists are increasingly likely to become involved with the care of glaucoma patients. Diagnostic techniques, medical and surgical interventions and the issues of co-management will be discussed.