Written question WQ84419
- Asked by
- Rhys ab OwenPlaid
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 10 days
Question
Will the Minister provide an update on services provided for patients who attend ophthalmology for blethrospasam dystonia at University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, following the loss of four specialist botox nurse injectors?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services
The service at Cardiff and Vale UHB will be operating back to full capacity from March 2022 with a minimum of 80 appointments being available each month and seeing patients within agreed timescales.
The service for blethrospasam dystonia is delivered via a team constituted as follows:
2 x Oculoplastic Consultants
2 x Oculoplastic Nurse Practitioners