Professional Matters Optometry & Dispensing
Welsh Government proposals elicit FODO response
FODO has formally responded to the Welsh Government (WG) consultation on primary eye care reforms.
FODO members strongly support WG plans to provide more care closer to home and stand ready to help deliver this successfully on behalf of the patients we all serve in Wales.
They have also welcomed WG’s recognition that the optimal option for meeting eye health needs is to expand access to primary eye care services, and its commitment to increase spending on primary eye care services by £30 million a year by 2024-2025.
As set out in FODO’s Principles and priorities for primary eye care,
FODO members and WG clearly share many goals, including tackling the risk of sight loss due to delays in accessing hospital services.
While there was strong support for most proposals, members also shared significant concerns.
Therefore, FODO has also shared feedback about the impacts on patients if changes to patient benefits and domiciliary eye care proceed without revision.
ABDO, AOP, The College of Optometrists and Optometry Wales have also shared similar feedback.
Specsavers views re Pre Reg Opportunities
