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WOPEC is the first postgraduate education centre for
optometry in the world and is dedicated to excellence in eye care education through quality and independence. WOPEC provides short courses for optometrists and eye care professionals as well as certified postgraduate courses and helps to facilitate
training and accreditation for the WECS. It is located in the School of Optometry in Cardiff University.
Advice on the range of benefits available that the individual may be able to access through agencies such as the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Welsh Government is the devolved Government for Wales. It has legislative powers in key areas of public life such as health, education and the environment.
WOC is a statutory advisory committee to the
Welsh Government, consisting of and representing optometric professionals across primary and secondary care and providing expert
advice on all matters relating to eye health care in Wales. Its voting membership is made of a range of
Optometrists,
optician">Dispensing Opticians, and Contact Lens Opticians, drawn from the three Regional Optical Committees. WOC observers include all optical
stakeholders within Wales including:
Optometry Wales; HEIW; National Clinical Leads; Head of School at Cardiff University School of Optometry; Welsh Government; General Optical Council; College of Optometrists; and Royal College of
Ophthalmologists. More at:
Welsh Government pages.
Wolfram Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which is also known as DIDMOAD syndrome after its 4 most common features (
Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy and
Deafness). Everyone with Wolfram Syndrome will have optic atrophy at some stage, which means that the optic nerve wastes away and causes
colour blindness and gradual loss of vision. Wolfram Syndrome is very rare and affects around 1 in 770,000 of the total UK population.
