§ Baroness Cumberlegeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many NHS cataract operations have been carried out each year since 1970.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe information is shown in the following table.
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Table: eye lens operations (mainly cataracts) performed in NHS hospitals Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly Total 1970 30,980 — 1,942 —3 32,922 1971 33,960 — 2,009 —3 35,969 1972 35,530 4,270 1,940 —3 41,740 1973 34,360 4,123 2,049 —3 40,532 1974 34,640 3,709 1,678 —3 40,027 1975 31,890 3,887 1,973 —3 37,750 1976 35,090 3,879 2,384 —3 41,353 1977 37,580 4,215 2,216 —3 44,011
Table: eye lens operations (mainly cataracts) performed in NHS hospitals Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly Total 1978 35,400 4,355 2,217 —3 41,972 1979 40,380 3,980 2,524 —3 46,884 1980 46,140 4,626 2,649 —3 53,415 1981 46,890 4,957 2,711 —3 54,558 1982 44,360 5,060 2,380 —3 51,800 1983 50,820 4,335 3,135 —3 58,290 1984 56,440 5,653 3,021 —3 65,114 1985 59,810 6,740 3,747 —3 70,297 1986 —1 6,740 4,253 —3 10,993 1987–88 —1 7,162 4,465 —3 11,627 1988–89 82,306 7,469 4,495 —3 94,270 1989–90 92,165 9,047 5,111 —3 106,323 1990–91 98,275 9,476 5,643 —3 113,394 1991–92 110,601 10,660 6,102 2,668 130,031 1992–93 118,697 10,686 8,619 2,437 140,439 1993–94 131,068 12,706 8,279 3,402 155,455 1994–95 151,785 13,695 9,132 4,295 178,907 1995–96 —2 15,117 10,027 5,062 30,206 Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987–88.
1 Transition period following introduction of new data collection system means data for these years is not of sufficient quality.
2 Data not yet available.
Scotland:
All operations relate to those carried out in NHS hospitals as principal operation.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983–84.
Northern Ireland:
3Adequate data prior to 1991–92 is not available.