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Eyesight: Testing
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many eye tests funded by the public purse in (a) England and (b) each region in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of those who had eye tests subsequently received (i) spectacles for the first time and (ii) replacement or repairs of spectacles funded by the public purse. [194594]
Ann Keen: Information on the number of sights paid for by the national health service in England, is provided in table 1 of the ‘General Ophthalmic Services: Activity Statistics for England and Wales—Year ending 31 March 2007’ report. Information is provided for the years ending 31 March, 1997 to 2007.
Sight test information by strategic health authority (SHA) and by primary care trust (PCT) level for the year ending 31 March 2007 is available in table A3 of Annex D of the report.
The number of those who receive spectacles for the first time is not collected centrally.
Table 3 of this report shows the number of vouchers for spectacles or contact lenses paid for by the NHS in England for the years ending 31 March, 1997 to 2007.
Figure 6a of the Report shows the number of items for repair or replacement, in England, for the years ending 31 March, 1997 to 2007.
Information on the numbers of vouchers and the numbers of items for repair or replacement by SHA and by PCT for the year ending 31 March 2007 are available in tables B3, C3 and D3 of Annex D of the Report.
This Report, published on 31 July 2007, is available in the Library and is also available at:
The Information Centre for health and social care will aim to publish information at a regional level for earlier years in the ‘General Ophthalmic Services: Activity Statistics for England and Wales—Year ending 31 March 2008’ report. Once published a copy of the Report will be placed in the Library.
All the reports have been published by the Information Centre for health and social care.
Family Practitioner Services
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) GPs, (b) dentists, (c) optometrists and (d) pharmacies there were in (i) England and (ii) each English region in each of the last three years; and how many this equated to per 100,000 resident population in each category. [194593]
Ann Keen: The number of general practitioners (GPs) in England, each strategic health authority in each of the last three years and how many this equated to per 100,000 resident population in each category, has been placed in the Library.
The number of national health service dentists and persons per dentist in England, as at 31 March, 1997 to 2006 are available in annex E and F of the “NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report England: 31 March 2006” report. The information is provided by strategic health authority (SHA) and by primary care trust (PCT). This information is based on the old contractual arrangements which were in place up to and including 31 March 2006.
This report, published on 23 August 2006 is available in the Library and is also available at:
The number of dentists, and number of dentists by population, on open NHS contracts, in England, as at 30 June 2006, 30 September 2006, 31 December 2006, and 31 March 2007 are available in table E1 of annex 3 of the “NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2006-07” report. This information is provided by PCT and by SHA.
This report, published on 23 August 2007, is available in the Library and is also available at:
Information on the number of ophthalmic practitioners (OPs) in England is provided in table 1 of the “General Ophthalmic Services: Workforce Statistics for England and Wales, 31 December 2006” report. The information is provided as at 31 December, 1996 to 2006. The information is provided by type of practitioner. This report was published on 31 July 2007 and is available in the Library and is also available at:
Information on the number of OPs in England as at 31 December 2006 is also provided in annex 3, table 1, of the aforementioned report. This information is provided by type of practitioner and by PCT.
Information on the number of OPs in England as at 31 December 2005 is provided in table 10, annex A of the “General Ophthalmic Services: Statistical Bulletin
— Ophthalmic Statistics for England, 1996-97 to 2005-06” report. This information is provided by PCT.
This report, published on 24 October 2006, has been placed in the Library and is available at:
Information on the number of OPs in England as at 31 December 2004 is provided in table 9 of the “General Ophthalmic Services: Consultation tables for England, Wales and Scotland, 2004-05” report. This information is provided by PCT. This table also includes information on the number of OPs per 10,000 of the population.
This report, published on 30 November 2005, has been placed in the Library and is available at:
The following shows data for the number of pharmacies there were in England, each SHA in each of the last three years and how many this equated to per 100,000 resident population in each category.
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