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Written question asked by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 November 2015. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Visual Impairment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of levels of blindness and low vision are classifiable as preventable.

Answer

There is a range of information already available about levels of preventable sight loss. The indicator within the Public Health Outcomes Framework brings this together in a single place. The indicator is made up of four sub-indicators which will measure the crude rates of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, and of the rate of sight loss certifications per 100,000 population. Data has been collected since 1 April 2013.


Baseline data for 2010/11 was published in November 2012, broken down by local authority and data providing a time series up to 2013/14 has now been published. It is available to search at:


http://www.phoutcomes.info/public-health-outcomes-framework#gid/1000044/par/E12000004



Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17510
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Visual impairment
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk