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9 Parkins DJ, Edgar DF. Comparison of the effectiveness of two enhanced glaucoma 23 Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Workforce Survey 2018
referral schemes. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2011 Jul;31(4):343-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1475- 24 Enhanced primary eye care interventions per 100,000 population
1313.2011.00853.x. Epub 2011 May 26. PMID: 21615447.
10 Public Health Scotland, 2020, General Ophthalmic Service Statistics https://www. Population statistics: Office for National Statistics, 2022, Population estimates for
the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, mid-2021
publichealthscotland.scot/media/4679/2020-10-13-ophthalmic-report.pdf Service level data
11 Supplementary and enhanced primary eye care examinations Scotland
Public Health Scotland, General Ophthalmic Statistics, 13 October 2020 England, LOCSU email correspondence stating forecast activity expected to
exceed 659,000 visits.
Public Health Scotland, Ophthalmic payment system: 2006/07 to 2016/17 (OPTIX), HSC, BSO, Northern Ireland, annual GOS data 2019-20, Table 1.19: Number of
2017/18 to 2019/20 Ophthalmic Data Warehouse Assessments at Northern Ireland Primary Care Optometry Enhanced Services by
12 Symptoms requiring investigation combines activity under codes 2.8 and 4.8 Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust) and Financial Year
Anterior eye condition combines activity under codes 2.5 and 4.5 Public Health Scotland, Ophthalmic payment system: 2006/07 to 2016/17 (OPTIX),
Additional diagnostic tests combines activity under codes 2.2 and 4.2 2017/18 to 2019/20 Ophthalmic Data Warehouse
13 Ophthalmic Data Warehouse, 2019, Figure 4a. Number of clinical conditions Welsh Government, Sensory health (eye care and hearing statistics): April 2019 to
relevant to eye care, Scotland; 2018/19 March 2021
14 ONS, 2022, National population projections: 2020-based interim 25 World Health Organization, 2019, World report on vision
15 Fight for Sight, Facts about sight loss, https://www.fightforsight.org.uk/about- 26 Eye health professionals per 100,000 population
the-eye/facts-about-sight-loss Population statistics: Office for National Statistics, 2022, Population estimates for
16 Royal College of Ophthalmologists response to the HEE Strategic Framework, Call the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, mid-2021
for Evidence https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RCOphth- To estimate workforce we use headcount from the following sources:
response-to-HEE-Strategic-Framework-Call-for-Evidence-6-Sept-final-1.pdf Optometrists: GOC, Annual report 21-22, Table 2 Total registrants in each GOC
17 College of Optometrists, 2022, Childhood-onset myopia management: Evidence category
review, Childhood-onset myopia management: Evidence review– College of IP optometrists: General Optical Council correspondence
Optometrists (college-optometrists.org)
18 McCullough, S. J., O’Donoghue, L., & Saunders, K. J. (2016). Six year refractive Dispensing opticians: GOC, Annual report 21-22, Table 2 Total registrants in each
GOC category
change among white children and young adults: evidence for significant increase
in myopia among white UK children. PloS one, 11(1), e0146332. Contact lens optician: General Optical Council correspondence
19 Foot B., MacEwen C. Surveillance of sight loss due to delay in ophthalmic Orthoptists: HCPC, registrant data and statistics, Dec 2022
treatment or review: frequency, cause and outcome. Eye (Lond). 2017 Ophthalmologists: Royal College of Ophthalmologists email correspondence
May;31(5):771-775. doi: 10.1038/eye.2017.1. Epub 2017 Jan 27. PMID: 28128796; PMCID: Percentages do not add to 100% due to rounding
PMC5437335.
20 Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, 2020, Lack of timely monitoring of 27 GOC, Public perceptions research 2022, https://optical.org/media/gqfgdbmz/
public-perceptions-report-2022.pdf
patients with glaucoma
21 Royal College of Ophthalmologists, 2021, RCOphth welcomes extra NHS funding
which will help address eye care backlogs
22 Total number of ophthalmology outpatient visits
We used pre-Covid data from official statistics:
NHS Digital, Hospital outpatient activity 2019-2020
Department of Health Northern Ireland, Hospital statistics: outpatient activity
statistics 2019/20
Public Health Scotland, Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information
Stats Wales, Outpatient Activity
Rounded to the nearest 1,000

Audiology Primary Eye Care

Pharmacy
GP Dentist

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