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Written question asked by Ian Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 May 2025. It was answered by Stephen Kinnock (Labour) on Friday, 16 May 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Cataracts: Surgery

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients to have undergone NHS cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years.

Answer

The following table shows the number of patients who have undergone National Health Service cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years:

Year

Independent provider total

Difference

Admissions

Patients

Admissions

Patients

2017/18

75,096

57,676

-

-

2018/19

101,609

77,652

26,513

19,976

2019/20

132,980

100,815

31,371

23,163

2020/21

99,185

77,982

33,795

22,833

2021/22

230,717

175,985

131,532

98,003

2022/23

373,252

276,175

142,535

100,190

2023/24

457,714

327,121

84,462

50,946

2024/25

377,265

267,011

80,449

60,110

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS England.
Note: the data for 2024/25 is provisional as counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final data set.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50579
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Private sector Surgery Cataracts
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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