§ Mr. SimsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged(a) under 40, (b) 41–65, (c) 66–70 and (d) over 70 years suffered from glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular eye disease and cataracts in each year since 1985.
§ Mr. BowisThis information is not available centrally. Data on the causes of blindness and partial sight was first collected by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in 1990–91 and is currently being processed.
§ Mr. SimsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has regarding the incidence of eye disease leading to blindness or hospital treatment in the United Kingdom, each of the EC countries, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. BowisInformation on the incidence of all eye disease is not available centrally. Data have been collected for 1990–91 on the causes of blindness and partial sight
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Nurses and midwives clinical grading appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1993 Region Employing authority level Regional level National level Total Northern 40 1,678 127 1,845 Yorkshire 134 1,057 222 1,413 Trent 538 1,695 115 2,348 East Anglian 0 359 115 474 North West Thames 84 986 85 1,155 North East Thames 62 587 97 746 South West Thames 0 324 174 498 South East Thames 8 707 123 838 Wessex 0 543 163 706 Oxford 0 29 233 262 South Western 0 1,066 103 1,169 West Midlands 1,526 1,424 81 3,031 Mersey 413 1,516 315 2,244 North Western 369 2,811 201 3,381 Total 3,174 14,782 2,154 20,110 referred to opthalmologists and this information is being prepared by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Comparative data for other countries are not available.
In 1991–92, in England, there were 184,000 finished consultant episodes and 64,000 day cases in the hospital eye service, and 613,910 referrals made by the general optical service to opthalmologists.