Eyesight: Testing
(asked on 6th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sight tests were carried out on the NHS in each clinical commissioning group area in the last 12 months for which data is available; and how many referrals for treatment there were for (a) AMD, glaucoma, (c) cataract and (d) diabetic eye disease in each such area in that same period.
Data on the number of National Health Service sight tests is published as part of the General Ophthalmic Services activity statistics – England. Data is not broken down centrally to clinical commissioning group level. Data is held at the old NHS England area team level. The latest data (2016/17) is available in the table below:
| NHS funded sight tests provided |
England | 12,995,512 |
North of England Commissioning Region | 3,790,619 |
Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral Area Team | 326,988 |
Durham, Darlington and Tees Area Team | 297,212 |
Greater Manchester Area Team | 661,857 |
Lancashire Area Team | 371,998 |
Merseyside Area Team | 268,316 |
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Area Team | 466,270 |
North Yorkshire and Humber Area Team | 447,007 |
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Area Team | 358,000 |
West Yorkshire Area Team | 592,971 |
Midlands and East of England Commissioning Region | 4,267,276 |
Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team | 407,761 |
Birmingham and The Black Country Area Team | 697,504 |
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Area Team | 477,935 |
East Anglia Area Team | 637,926 |
Essex Area Team | 461,967 |
Hertfordshire and The South Midlands Area Team | 682,369 |
Leicestershire and Lincolnshire Area Team | 487,956 |
Shropshire and Staffordshire Area Team | 413,858 |
London Commissioning Region | 1,623,908 |
London Area Team | 1,623,908 |
South of England Commissioning Region | 3,313,709 |
Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire Area Team | 357,439 |
Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire Area Team | 357,718 |
Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Area Team | 455,674 |
Kent and Medway Area Team | 412,732 |
Surrey and Sussex Area Team | 674,937 |
Thames Valley Area Team | 436,231 |
Wessex Area Team | 618,978 |
Data is not available on the number of referrals for treatment for age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataract and diabetic eye disease.