Ophthalmic Services
(asked on 6th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total NHS expenditure on general ophthalmic services activity in 2021/22; and what proportion was on (1) NHS sight tests, and (2) NHS optical vouchers.
The table below sets out the cost to the National Health Service in England in financial year 2021/22 of providing General Ophthalmic Services. These figures are derived from draft accounts and will not be finalised until they are published on the NHS England website.
| £ million | Proportion |
NHS Sight Tests | 307 | 56.6% |
NHS Optical Vouchers incl. Repairs & Replacements | 222 | 41% |
Other General Ophthalmic Services contract costs | 13 | 2.4% |
The table below shows the cost for secondary care organisations submitted via the National Cost Collection for outpatients within Treatment Function Code ‘Paediatric Ophthalmology’, for the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, which is the latest available data.
| £ million |
2019/20 | 43.7 |
2020/21 | 50.5 |