A new service for eye care in Wales
Committed to excellence in eye care
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Welsh Government
 Dick Roberts & Sarah O’Sullivan Adams
Optometry Wales
 Mike George & Sali Davis
Welsh Optometric Committee
 Ian Jones
WOPEC
 Nik Sheen & Barbara Ryan
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Eye health examinations
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Further investigations
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Follow-up services
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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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‘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
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www.eyecarewales.nhs.uk
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www.wopec.co.uk
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www.optometrywales.com
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WECS@cardiff.ac.uk
A new service for eye care in Wales
Committed to excellence in eye care