Metadata

General description

Number of sight tests and vouchers

Data collection and calculation

Data is sourced from ophthalmic payments systems, maintained by primary care services in NHS Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP).

Prior to 2023-24, similar services to Wales General Ophthalmic Services (WGOS) 1 were offered through GOS 1 and GOS 6 claims. For WGOS optical vouchers, similar services were offered through GOS 3 and GOS 4.

Sight test data collected through WGOS 1 is subject to some estimation. Due to the scale of the number of sight tests, the information from only 1 in 50 sight tests is recorded to a database. This means that the information from that sample is scaled up to estimate the number of sight tests by eligibility criteria.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

The period this data covers is the financial year 1996-97 onwards.

Users, uses and context

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

Statistical quality

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

Weblinks

Statistical Release:
https://www.gov.wales/eye-care-statistics

Keywords

Ophthalmic; Eye Care; General Ophthalmic Service; GOS; Sight Tests; Eye; Optician;

Name

HLTH0507

Dataset

OData (JSON) https://statswales.gov.wales/Download/File?fileName=HLTH0507.zip

Metadata

OData (JSON) https://statswales.gov.wales/Download/File?fileName=HLTH0507.xml

Dimensions

OData (JSON) https://statswales.gov.wales/Download/File?fileName=HLTH0507_dimensions.csv

Items

OData (JSON) https://statswales.gov.wales/Download/File?fileName=HLTH0507_dimensionitems.csv