minister tries out new policyFormer Welsh rugby international Nigel Walker was one of the first of those from an ethnic background to benefit from the principalityÕs new extended NHS eye test eligibility. He is pictured at last weekÕs launch of the service at the Department of Optometry, Cardiff University with Welsh Assembly health minister Jane Hutt who called it a Ôlandmark dayÕ in Welsh healthcare (News, May 3). Patients who stand to benefit are those whose family origins are Black African, Black Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi. People with a hearing impairment, those who have retinitis pigmentosa and uniocular people are also included.
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