Cataracts: Surgery
(asked on 25th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cataract operations were performed in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years.
The number of finished consultant episodes with a main or secondary procedure of cataract operation broken down by provider type, for 2010-11 to 2014-15 are shown in in the table below. It shows activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
| Provider Type |
| |
Year | NHS | Independent | Total |
2010-11 | 314,188 | 25,808 | 339,996 |
2011-12 | 303,694 | 30,058 | 333,752 |
2012-13 | 298,332 | 35,273 | 333,605 |
2013-14 | 319,649 | 45,821 | 365,470 |
2014-15 | 338,297 | 59,801 | 398,098 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital