Wales Eye Care Service

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Wales Eye Care Service

• A new service for eye care in Wales

Committed to excellence in eye care
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Developed by consultation

• Welsh Government
• Dick Roberts Sarah OSullivan Adams
• Optometry Wales
• Mike George Sali Davis
• Welsh Optometric Committee
• Ian Jones
• WOPEC
• Nik Sheen Barbara Ryan

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Providing the people of Wales with

• Eye health examinations
• Further investigations
• Follow-up services

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How the service works

• 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

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Eye Health Examination Wales

• 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

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What it really means

• 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

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Time for questions

• www.eyecarewales.nhs.uk
• www.wopec.co.uk
• www.optometrywales.com
• WECS_at_cardiff.ac.uk

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Wales Eye Care Service

• A new service for eye care in Wales

Committed to excellence in eye care