Eye health

Guidance and services

• Get help with NHS eye care costs
• Claim for help with health costs (HC1W)
• Claim a refund for NHS optical charges: form HC5W(O)
• Check what help you could get to pay for NHS costs
• Statement on NHS eye care services payments during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Certification of vision impairment in primary and community care (WHC/2024/029)
• Certification of vision impairment (WHC/2023/010)
• NHS Wales Eye Care Services payments during the COVID-19 Pandemic) (Wales) Directions 2020
• Sharing patient information between eye health professionals (WHC/2018/022)
• Children's vision pathway for 4 to 5 year olds (WHC/2015/011)

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• David O'Sullivan
  Key people
• NHS Wales eye health care: future approach for optometry services
  Policy and strategy
• Wales Eye Care Services (Administrative List) (Wales) Directions 2024
  Legislation
• The National Health Service (Wales Eye Care Services) (Wales) Directions 2024
  Legislation
• The National Health Service (Wales Eye Care Services) (Wales) (No. 2) Directions 2024
  Legislation
• The National Health Service (Wales Eye Care Services) (Wales) Directions 2023
  Legislation
• Statement of general ophthalmic services remuneration and fee Directions
  Legislation
• Amendment to the Statement of General Ophthalmic Services Remuneration
  Legislation
• Statement of general ophthalmic services remuneration
  Legislation
• The National Health Service (Wales Eye Care Services) Directions 2021
  Legislation
• The National Health Service (Wales Eye Care Services) Directions 2020
  Legislation
• Optometry: delivering 'A Healthier Wales' 2021 to 2031
  Policy and strategy
• Ophthalmology summit: 14 October 2024
  Meeting
• Ophthalmology summit: 23 November 2022
  Meeting
• Reform of primary care ophthalmic services: regulatory impact assessment (RIA)
  Impact assessment
• Reform of primary care ophthalmic services: equality impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Reform of primary care ophthalmic services: children's right impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Reform of primary care ophthalmic services: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Eye health care delivery plan 2013 to 2018: prioritised action plan
  Policy and strategy
• Eye health care delivery plan 2013 to 2018: report 2014
  Report
• The Low Vision Service Committee (Wales) Directions 2016 (with consolidated amendments)
  Legislation
• The Low Vision Service Committee (Wales) Directions 2016 (with consolidated amendments)
  Legislation
• The Low Vision Service Committee (Wales) Directions 2016 (2016 No.11)
  Legislation
• The Eye Health Examination Service Committee (Wales) Directions 2016 (2016 No.10)
  Legislation
• The Eye Health Examination Service Committee (Wales) Directions 2016 (with consolidated amendments)
  Legislation
• The Eye Health Examination Service Committee (Wales) Directions 2016 (with consolidated amendments)
  Legislation
• The National Health Service (Charges for Optical Appliances) Directions 2016 (2016 No.6)
  Legislation
• Directions to Local Health Boards 2014 (2014 No. 6)
  Legislation
• Directions to the Hywel Dda Local Health Board as to the All Wales Low Vision Service 2010 (2010 No.46)
  Legislation
  Hywel Dda University Health Board
• Statement of general ophthalmic services remuneration and fee directions: 2025
  Legislation