Written question asked by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 March 2017. It was answered by David Mowat (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 April 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Outpatients: Attendance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median waiting time for a first (a) outpatient ophthalmology, (b) paediatric ophthalmology, (c) medical ophthalmology, (d) outpatient optometry and (e) outpatient orthoptic appointment was in 2015-16.

Answer

The information requested is in the following table.

Median waiting times (days) of first outpatient appointments for treatment specialties ophthalmology, paediatric ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology optometry, and orthoptics in England for 2015-16

Treatment Specialty		Median Time Waited (days)
Ophthalmology		41
Paediatric Ophthalmology		56
Medical Ophthalmology		42
Optometry		49
Orthoptics		40

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

Notes:

The following codes were used to identify treatment specialties:

130 - Ophthalmology

216 - Paediatric Ophthalmology

460 - Medical ophthalmology

662 - Optometry

655 - Orthoptics

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 69487
Session: 2016-17
Subjects: Attendance Hospitals Ophthalmic services Out-patients Paediatrics
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Outpatients: Attendance

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