Written question WQ95183
- Asked by
- Sam RowlandsConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 4 days
Question
Further to WQ94790, does the Welsh Government consider that a wider deployment of combined cataract and glaucoma procedures will improve patient outcomes and reduce ophthalmic waiting lists?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
As I indicated in my previous response, combined glaucoma and cataract operations are a clinical decision based on patient need. Combined procedures have been carried out by glaucoma surgeons for several years across Wales.
Where clinically appropriate, I expect the potential for wider deployment to form part of the implementation of the National Ophthalmology Strategy, National Clinical Strategy for Ophthalmology - NHS Wales Executive.