HL Deb 14 October 1997 vol 582 cc154-5WA
Baroness Cumberlege

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many NHS cataract operations have been carried out each year since 1970.

Baroness Jay of Paddington

The information is shown in the following table.

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.