Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) ophthalmology, (b) medical ophthalmology, (c) optometry and (d) orthoptic first appointments for adults over 19-years of age were (i) cancelled or (ii) not attended by the patient in 2015-16.
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
Counts of first outpatient appointments for treatment specialties ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology, optometry, and orthoptics, that were cancelled by the patient by the hospital or where the patient did not attend for patients aged 19 years and over in England for 2015-16.
| First Outpatient Appointment | |||
19 years and over | ||||
Treatment Specialty | Total Appointments | Patient Cancellations | Hospital Cancellations | Did Not Attend |
Ophthalmology | 2,077,481 | 162,054 | 134,566 | 131,298 |
Medical Ophthalmology | 28,424 | 1,950 | 471 | 3,231 |
Optometry | 14,905 | 1,731 | 617 | 730 |
Orthoptics | 48,496 | 5,280 | 2,631 | 3,703 |
Counts of follow-up outpatient appointments for treatment specialties ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology, optometry, and orthoptics that were cancelled by the patient by the hospital or where the patient did not attend for patients aged 19 years and over in England for 2015-16.
| Follow-up Outpatient Appointment | |||
19 years and over | ||||
Treatment Specialty | Total Appointments | Patient Cancellations | Hospital Cancellations | Did Not Attend |
Ophthalmology | 6,535,285 | 465,080 | 458,758 | 407,324 |
Medical Ophthalmology | 93,530 | 9,324 | 3,625 | 6,743 |
Optometry | 30,821 | 4,102 | 2,950 | 2,664 |
Orthoptics | 180,124 | 20,566 | 13,710 | 10,823 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital
Notes:
Treatment specialty codes
The following codes were used to identify treatment specialties:
130 - Ophthalmology
460 - Medical ophthalmology
655 - Orthoptics
662 - Optometry