Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median waiting time for a first (a) outpatient ophthalmology, (b) paediatric ophthalmology, (c) medical ophthalmology, (d) outpatient optometry and (e) outpatient orthoptic appointment was in 2015-16.

The information requested is in the following table.

Median waiting times (days) of first outpatient appointments for treatment specialties ophthalmology, paediatric ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology optometry, and orthoptics in England for 2015-16

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

Notes:

The following codes were used to identify treatment specialties:

130 - Ophthalmology

216 - Paediatric Ophthalmology

460 - Medical ophthalmology

662 - Optometry

655 - Orthoptics