Matthew Pennycook – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) ophthalmology, (b) medical ophthalmology, (c) optometry and (d) orthoptic appointments for children under 19 years of age took place in 2014-15.
Alistair Burt
The information is shown in the following table.
Information on outpatient ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology, optometry and orthoptic appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15.
Appointments
|
Treatment speciality |
Attended first appointments |
Attended appointments |
All appointments |
|
Ophthalmology |
56,665 |
507,665 |
701,351 |
|
Medical Ophthalmology |
9,219 |
26,101 |
32,119 |
|
Optometry |
4,029 |
8,009 |
11,062 |
|
Orthoptics |
57,108 |
269,882 |
394,663 |
|
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre |
Notes:
The table contains the number of booked appointments for outpatients. They are recorded as one row per appointment that was made, whether it was attended or not.
A patient’s treatment in outpatients can consist of a series of appointments; a distinction between the first in the series and subsequent appointments is commonly reported.
