Association of Optometrists


Primary Care

Local Health Boards (LHBs) and the NHS Wales Business Services Centre (BSC)

Local Health Boards (LHBs) in Wales are statutory bodies responsible for securing services to meet the health needs of the people in Wales. To access details of the LHBs in Wales, please click here

The Business Services Centre (BSC provides "shared services" to support the twenty-two local health boards in NHS Wales. It provides them with contractor services for primary care optometry including contracts and lists' management, payment processing and post-payment verification. It operates out of four offices in Caernarfon, Mold, Pontypool and Swansea across three regions - North Wales, Mid & West Wales and South East Wales; its headquarters are located in Pontypool. To access the BSC website, please click here