§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of glaucoma were diagnosed in(a) 1990, (b) 1991, (c) 1992, (d) 1993 and (e) the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available in the precise form requested. It is estimated that in England 101,000 patients suffering from glaucoma were treated by general practitioners during 1991–92—source: "Morbidity Statistics from General Practice". Comparative figures are not available for the other years requested. For hospital in-patients, the numbers of finished consultant episodes, ordinary admissions and day cases, during the latest available period of five years, were as follows:
Year Number 1992–93 22,802 1991–92 19,826 1990–91 17,534 1989–90 17,427 1988–89 15,373 Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics.
Information on numbers of out-patient cases with glaucoma is not available centrally.