This area is designed to create an understanding of how leadership forms an integral part of health care for our patients and practicing compassionate leadership benefits patients and services in Wales. A leadership resource for anyone involved and interested in primary eye care, including optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens opticians, optometric advisors and optical assistants.
There is strong evidence that in health care settings, establishing a rapport with patients and demonstrating compassionate care and leadership improves patient health outcomes. In optometry and related health care professionals you may not have heard about this before, but it is integral to improve eye health for our patients and to benefit eye care professionals in Wales.
Leadership skills are especially timely in Wales as more people involved in Optometric primary care will be called upon to take an active role in Primary Clusters. These are local organisations that serve populations of between 25,000-100,000 people which bring together (historically started with GP practices) primary care contractors, allied health professionals and the third sector to provide services to better the health of people they collectively serve.
To support Primary Cluster involvement HEIW are hosting a closed network page with an associated suite of relevant resources and discussion page. Please use the contact us page if you would like to learn more.
For further information about the Optometry Leadership Hub, please contact HEIW.OptometryGwella@wales.nhs.uk.
For further information about optometry in HEIW, please visit our webpage 
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