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Andy Britton “”
Optometrist in Haverfordwest, Wales and FODO’s
Optometry Wales council member
In Wales, we have a long history of building on the solid
foundation the national sight test service provides.
Today, primary eye care in Wales provides enhanced
referral refinement for conditions such as glaucoma and is
increasingly at the heart of emergency and unscheduled
care in local communities. This includes enhanced foreign
body removal and an Independent Prescribing
Optometry Service.
This means we see more people close to home and out of
hospital, which benefits patients, the NHS and colleagues
in busy hospital departments. This is made possible by
working closely with ophthalmology colleagues and
system leads.

There is so much more we can do to meet needs locally
and in Wales we are now ready to expand access to
more enhanced primary eye care to help tackle sight loss
due to delays in accessing overburdened secondary eye
care services.
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