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Data Provider: Welsh Government Ophthalmology outpatient appointments attended
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Click here to sortNumber of outpatient appointments attended where patients had been assessed as Health Risk Factor R1 and had waited within target date or within 25% beyond target date.Health Risk Factor R1 - risk of irreversible harm or significant patient adverse outcome if target date is missed.Click here to sortTotal number of outpatient appointments attended where patients had been allocated a target date and been assessed as Health Risk Factor R1.Health Risk Factor R1 - risk of irreversible harm or significant patient adverse outcome if target date is missed. Excludes those who did not have a target date allocated.Click here to sortPercentage of outpatient appointments attended where patients had been allocated a target date and been assessed as Health Risk Factor R1 and had waited within target date or within 25% beyond target date.Health Risk Factor R1 - risk of irreversible harm or significant patient adverse outcome if target date is missed. Excludes those who did not have a target date allocated.Click here to sortTotal number of outpatient appointments attended where patients had been assessed as Health Risk Factor R1.Health Risk Factor R1 - risk of irreversible harm or significant patient adverse outcome if target date is missed. Includes those with and without a target date allocated. We are currently investigating a potential issue whereby some of the outpatient appointments attended during the month may not have had a target date allocated to them. We do not know the full implications of the problem at the moment but will advise users once the investigation has concluded and data will be revised if required.
Wales14,13022,73662.125,077
Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board2,7704,86057.05,217
Powys Teaching Local Health Board23233768.8378
Hywel Dda University Local Health Board1,1531,67169.01,956
Swansea Bay University Local Health Board2,4493,95661.94,469
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board2,6924,11465.44,618
Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board1,9643,46256.73,802
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board2,8704,33666.24,637

Metadata

Title

Eye Care Measures for NHS Outpatients

Last update

2 September 2025 2 September 2025

Next update

7 October 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Eye Care Outcome Measures - Monthly Submission Proforma, Welsh Government

Contact email

hss.performance@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

A monthly data release on new and follow up ophthalmology outpatients. It shows the numbers waiting within target date or within 25% beyond target date at the end of each month. Should their target data be missed, they are at risk of irreversible harm or significant adverse outcome (Health Risk Factor R1).

Data collection and calculation

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.

Frequency of publication

Monthly

Data reference periods

April 2019 onwards

Revisions information

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.

Statistical quality

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.

Weblinks

The quality report can be found on the following web link: https://gov.wales/eye-care-measures-nhs-outpatients-quality-report

Keywords

Achievement, Eye care, Indicators, NHS, Ophthalmology, Performance, Waiting Times