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References and endnotes

All data rounded to 1,000
1 Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, 2020, Lack of timely monitoring of
patients with glaucoma
2 Data source: Deloitte Access Economics, 2019, The economic impact of
coronavirus (Covid-19) on sight loss and blindness in the UK, Table 3.2 Cost of sight
loss and blindness in the UK by cost component
3 Total number of sight tests includes NHS and self-funded care.
For NHS sight tests/eye examinations performed we used pre-Covid data from
official statistics:
NHS Digital, General Ophthalmic Services Activity Statistics England, year ending
31 March 2020
HSC, BSO, Northern Ireland, annual GOS data 2019-20
Public Health Scotland, Ophthalmic payment system: 2006/07 to 2016/17 (OPTIX),
2017/18 to 2019/20 Ophthalmic Data Warehouse
Welsh Government, Sensory health (eye care and hearing statistics): April 2019 to
March 2021
For self-funded care we obtained data of NHS to self-funded sight test from FODO
members who between them provide >70% of primary eye care. This data shows
31-35% of people in England and Northern Ireland self-fund their sight test, 0-1%
Scotland and 29% in Wales, the average across the UK was 30%.
Rounded to the nearest 1,000
4 FODO, Optics at a glance, 1982 to 2014 accessible, https://www.fodo.com/
members/data-hub/optics-at-a-glance/
5 Shah, R. et al (2022). Referrals from community optometrists to the hospital eye
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6 Fung M, Myers P., Wasala P., Hirji N. A review of 1,000 referrals to Walsall’s hospital
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7 Devarajan, N., Williams, G., Hopes, M. et al. The Carmarthenshire Glaucoma
Referral Refinement Scheme, a safe and efficient screening service. Eye 25, 43–49
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8 Bourne, R., French, K., Chang, L. et al. Can a community optometrist-based referral
refinement scheme reduce false-positive glaucoma hospital referrals without
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