§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the latest monthly and quarterly figures available to him for Wales as a whole and for each district health authority area in Wales for(a) eye tests undertaken and (b) new ophthalmic out-patient referrals; and if he will give the equivalent figures for 1989.
§ Mr. GristThe available information is given in the table.
Many of the sight tests since April 1989 have been private transactions outside the national health service. Statistical information on these is not available centrally.
(a) Sight tests paid for by family practitioner committees Family practitioner committee Six months ending: 31 March 1989 31 March 1990 Clwyd 50,117 13,804 Dyfed 44,734 14,237 Gwent 65,608 18,400 Gwynedd 27,672 7,888 Mid Glamorgan 73,776 26,050 Powys 11,671 3,665 South Glamorgan 70,821 21,112 West Glamorgan 59,145 16,826 Wales 403,544 121,982
(b) New out-patients seen by consultants in ophthalmology Quarter ending: Health authority 31 December 1988 31 December 1989 Clwyd 1,343 1,267 East Dyfed 1,227 1,136 Gwent 1,763 2,081 Gwynedd 965 1,015 Mid Glamorgan 1,276 1,787 Pembrokeshire 386 451 Powys 190 208 South Glamorgan 2,260 1,952 West Glamorgan 1,361 1,518 Wales 10,771 11,415