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23 Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Workforce Survey 2018
24 Enhanced primary eye care interventions per 100,000 population
Population statistics: Office for National Statistics, 2022, Population estimates for
the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, mid-2021
Service level data
England, LOCSU email correspondence stating forecast activity expected to
exceed 659,000 visits.
HSC, BSO, Northern Ireland, annual GOS data 2019-20, Table 1.19: Number of
Assessments at Northern Ireland Primary Care Optometry Enhanced Services by
Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust) and Financial Year
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
25 World Health Organization, 2019, World report on vision
26 Eye health professionals per 100,000 population
Population statistics: Office for National Statistics, 2022, Population estimates for
the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, mid-2021
To estimate workforce we use headcount from the following sources:
Optometrists: GOC, Annual report 21-22, Table 2 Total registrants in each GOC
category
IP optometrists: General Optical Council correspondence
Dispensing opticians: GOC, Annual report 21-22, Table 2 Total registrants in each
GOC category
Contact lens optician: General Optical Council correspondence
Orthoptists: HCPC, registrant data and statistics, Dec 2022
Ophthalmologists: Royal College of Ophthalmologists email correspondence
Percentages do not add to 100% due to rounding
27 GOC, Public perceptions research 2022, https://optical.org/media/gqfgdbmz/
public-perceptions-report-2022.pdf

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