Information detailed below is derived from the General Ophthalmic payment system. It includes all health service ophthalmic activity carried out in Northern Ireland by primary care ophthalmic practitioners and submitted to BSO for payment. This information does not include any ophthalmic activity delivered by Trust based ophthalmic services or any activity carried out privately.
Responsible Statistician:
Jennifer McCrea
Jennifer.McCrea@hscni.net
Current Annual Publication
Date published: 12th June 2025
Date of next release: June 2026
If you have issues accessing the information, it can also be found on the gov.uk site.
Presents information on ophthalmic activity carried out by general ophthalmic practitioners in Northern Ireland. It details information on the number of primary care ophthalmic practitioners in Northern Ireland along with the number of sight tests, vouchers, repairs/replacements carried out and submitted to BSO for payment during the financial year.
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics for Northern Ireland 2024/25
Annual 2024/25 Ophthalmic Statistics Tables
General Ophthalmic Services Activity Supplementary Data 2024/25
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Infographic 2024/25
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Pre Release Access List
Quarterly Ophthalmic Statistics
Date published: 7th August 2025
Date of next release: November 2025
If you have issues accessing the information, it can also be found on the gov.uk site.
This quarterly series is a subset of the annual information with data provided for selected key tables. The quarterly updates within a year should be treated as provisional and may be revised when figures are finalised to produce the end of year annual report.
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Quarterly Update: To QE June 2025
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Quarterly Tables: To QE June 2025
Quality Documentation
Listed below are various documents to support the publication of FPS Ophthalmic Statistics.
Background Quality Report Ophthalmic
FPS Ophthalmic Quality Assurance of Administrative Data Report
Interactive Maps and Charts
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