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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics New patient referrals to and from low vision services by referral source or destination and year
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[Collapse]TotalTotal includes referrals with source/destination not recorded7,4867,951
TotalTotal includes referrals with source/destination not recordedOptometrist5,445.The data item is not applicable
Ophthalmology534760
Social services504695
Voluntary sector200174
GPs20251
GPs (for depression).The data item is not applicable145
Friend/relative/self508.The data item is not applicable
Other sources/destinationsOther sources/destinations include education, employment, registration or other.173481
Unknown1025,445

Metadata

Title

New patient referrals to and from low vision services by referral source or destination and year

Last update

14 August 2024 14 August 2024

Next update

To be confirmed

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Low Vision Service Wales

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

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

The information presented here shows the number of new patient referrals to Low vision as well as the number of patient referrals from low vision.

Data collection and calculation

Data is sourced from the Low Vision database, maintained by primary care services in NHS Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP).

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2013-14 onwards.

Revisions information

The totals have been revised for patient referrals from low vision for 2014-17 due to the exclusion of the unknown category. This has resulted in the number decreasing by 1,936 (65.0%) for 2014-15, increasing by 2,152 (150.1%) for 2015-16 and increasing by 2,401 (164.5%) for 2016-17. Also, the totals for patient referrals to low vision have been revised for 2014-15 and 2017-18 with the number increasing by 48 (1.3%) for 2014-15 and decreasing by 16 (0.5%) for 2017-18.

Keywords

Ophthalmic; Eye Care; Low Vision Service Wales; LVSW; Eye

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical publication and quality report, as per given weblink.