Wales Eye Care Service
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A new service for eye care in Wales
Committed to excellence in eye care
Welsh Government
Dick Roberts & Sarah O’Sullivan Adams
Optometry Wales
Mike George & Sali Davis
Welsh Optometric Committee
Ian Jones
WOPEC
Nik Sheen & Barbara Ryan
Eye health examinations
Further investigations
Follow-up services
Accreditation by WOPEC
List of accredited practices
Three types of appointment
◦ eye health examinations
◦ further investigations following a sight test
◦ follow-ups to an eye health examination
‘EHEW’ brings together WEHE and PEARS for
people:
◦ with acute eye conditions
◦ who are at risk of eye disease and
◦ who would find losing sight especially
difficult
•Care
closer to home for patients
•A seamless service between primary and secondary care
•Utilising core competencies of optometrists
•Increased access for patients outside normal working hours e.g.
Saturday appointments
•Skilled workforce, accredited
•Audited services
•Consistent ‘All Wales’ approach to primary eye care
www.eyecarewales.nhs.uk
www.wopec.co.uk
www.optometrywales.com
[email protected]
A new service for eye care in Wales
Committed to excellence in eye care