Will the Cabinet Secretary clarify whether the £4.8 million budget for the OpenEyes project has been spent, and if so, provide a breakdown of the expenditure?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care | Answered on 25/03/2025
The Digital Eye Care Programme (DECP) aims to digitise the ophthalmology referral process and introduce Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across primary and secondary care settings.
The £4.801m funding set for DECP for 2020-21 to 2024-25 has been spent to design and develop the technology. Further funding of £0.353m for DECP has been agreed to extend the EPR contract in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and secure the intellectual property for the longer term.