Patient Information on Paediatric Eye Conditions
Below are a selection of information booklets on paediatric eye conditions.
Documents:
Congenital Cataracts Leaflet (50.79Kb)
Congenital Glaucoma Leaflet (42.52Kb)
Parent Information on Squint/Strabismus (58.59Kb)
Aniridia (April 2013) (54.46Kb)
There were 5.95 million attendances at English NHS ophthalmology departments in 2009-10.
1.69 million of these (28%) were first attendances.
Source: NHS Information Centre >More
1.69 million of these (28%) were first attendances.
Source: NHS Information Centre >More
Cataract extraction (phako-emulsification) with intra-ocular lens impalntation for age-related cataract is the commonest surgical intervention performed in the NHS; in 2008-9, over 300,000 operations were performed in England, predominantly as a day-case procedure (97%). The average age for persons having cataract surgery is 76 years.
Source: The NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare November 2010 >More
Source: The NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare November 2010 >More
