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: 13th June 2024
Date of next release: August 2024
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 2023/24
Annual 2023/24 Ophthalmic Statistics Tables
FPS General Ophthalmic Statistics For Northern Ireland – 2023/24 Sight Tests, Vouchers and Repairs Activity
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Infographic 2023/24
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Pre Release Access List
Quarterly Ophthalmic Statistics
Date published: 8th August 2024
Date of next release: 31st October 2024
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 2024
FPS General Ophthalmic Services Statistics Quarterly Tables: To QE June 2024
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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