Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in what age groups NHS England has treated for squints in the last five years.
Alistair Burt
Individuals with squints may be treated in either primary care or secondary care.
It is not possible to identify those provided with glasses in primary care, funded by NHS England, to correct a squint.
It is possible to identify those who had a Finished Admission Episode in secondary care, funded by clinical commissioning groups, with a diagnosis of squint and received corrective surgery. The table below, provided by the Health and Social Care Information centre, shows the number of these procedures, broken down by age, carried out in England between 2009-10 and 2013-14. This will not capture other patients seen in secondary care on an outpatient basis where surgery was not necessary.
|
Age |
200910 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
|
0-4 |
2,212 |
2,130 |
2,241 |
2,154 |
2,064 |
|
5-9 |
2,634 |
2,635 |
2,884 |
2,886 |
3,043 |
|
10-14 |
800 |
811 |
793 |
784 |
850 |
|
15-19 |
547 |
569 |
608 |
635 |
618 |
|
20-24 |
448 |
469 |
484 |
456 |
419 |
|
25-29 |
454 |
463 |
450 |
421 |
471 |
|
30-34 |
408 |
387 |
419 |
405 |
455 |
|
35-39 |
437 |
452 |
415 |
393 |
361 |
|
40-44 |
438 |
422 |
398 |
423 |
420 |
|
45-49 |
355 |
383 |
371 |
371 |
415 |
|
50-54 |
303 |
298 |
310 |
316 |
346 |
|
55-59 |
273 |
290 |
289 |
280 |
292 |
|
60-64 |
279 |
293 |
262 |
225 |
292 |
|
65-69 |
180 |
238 |
239 |
245 |
284 |
|
70-74 |
147 |
160 |
162 |
197 |
217 |
|
75-79 |
113 |
132 |
134 |
126 |
131 |
|
80+ |
87 |
73 |
88 |
94 |
96 |
|
Unknown |
5 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Total |
10,120 |
10,211 |
10,551 |
10,414 |
10,777 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Note: Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
