Wales hopes to introduce optometry bill in September

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has also confirmed that the Welsh Government hopes to bring forward an optometry bill this autumn to underpin the revised GOS service in Wales with the explicit aim of cutting hospital waiting lists by around a third.

During a Health and Social Care Committee meeting, Eluned Morgan said the bill would probably go out to consultation in March, with the hope of introducing it in the Senedd in September and gaining Royal Assent in May.