Eyesight tests through the national health service in England 2017-18, by eligibility

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Conor Stewart,
Oct 11, 2023
This statistic displays the distribution of national health service (NHS) sight tests in England from 2016/2017 to 2017/2018, by eligibility. In 2017/18, approximately 47.8 percent of the eye sight tests conducted in England were of people aged 60 years and over.

Distribution of national health service (NHS) sight tests in England from 2016/2017 to 2017/2018, by eligibility

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Release date

July 2018

Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

April 2006 to March 2018

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: 'Patients may qualify for an NHS sight test on more than one criterion. However, they would only be recorded against one criterion on the form. Patients are more likely to be recorded according to their clinical need rather than their age.'
* Income Support includes patients receiving Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (PCGC) and also Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), which was introduced in October 2008.
** Job Seekers Allowance
*** Universal credit is replacing 6 existing benefits.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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