In Focus: Seamless eye care services

A new report has highlighted how optometry has a key role to play in creating a healthier Wales through the provision of eye care.

The foundations of the NHS Wales report are based on developing NHS services in a modern world where technology has a strong influence on life and service providers should be co-ordinated in the care provided.

Its ambition was to bring health and social care services together in order to meet the needs of individual patients, with a greater emphasis on keeping people healthy and well.

In the report, entitled NHS Wales Eye Health Care: Future Approach for Optometry Services, the introduction of the Wales Eye Care Service was noted for enabling the profession to be the first port of call for patients with eye problems.