A drive to encourage more people to visit an optician to access acute eye care rather than going to their GP or A&E has been launched by the Welsh government.
The government’s department of health said evidence suggested that patients were often unaware of the full range of healthcare services available to them and often visited an emergency departments or dial 999 for ambulance services when an optometrist is the best place to go.
The campaign is supported by Optometry Wales, Sight Cymru, Wales Council for the Blind, RNIB Cymru, and Public Health Wales.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: ‘If you have a sudden eye problem, in many cases, your local optician is often the best place for you to go, not A&E or a pharmacist. Optometrists are the experts. They have better equipment than GP surgeries for examining eyes.
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