Contact lens opticians in Wales are now able to deliver urgent care and monitor patients with certain conditions in community optical practices.
Services can be provided after the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), the Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre (WOPEC) and Optometry Wales partnered to introduce the Eye Health Exam Wales (EHEW) scheme.
EHEW is part of Wales eye care services and means that contact lens opticians in Wales join their English colleagues in delivering minor eye conditions services.
Dr Nik Sheen, clinical co-lead and training and accreditation manager at EHEW, said: ‘Delivery of the EHEW service now enables EHEW accredited contact lens opticians to see those patients presenting with an acute anterior eye care problem. This is great news for Wales and particularly practices that are seeing increasing numbers of these patients so that the skills and expertise of contact lens opticians can be utilised fully.’
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