Outcome of WGOS 4 appointments by appointment purpose, clinical specialty and health board
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| Variable | Visibility | Selected values | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Shown in table | All 8 values | Change values |
| Specialty | Shown in table | All 4 values | Change values |
| Appointment Purpose | Shown in table | All 4 values | Change values |
| Outcome | Shown in table | All 6 values | Change values |
| Data description | Shown in table | All 2 values | Change values |
| Year | Shown in table | All 2 values | Change values |
Table
Standard shorthand is used in this table: [r] = revised, [t] = total.
| Data values | Data description | Area | Specialty | Appointment Purpose | Outcome | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,520 [r] | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Total | 2024-25 |
| 100.0 [r] | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Total | 2024-25 |
| 19,964 | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Total | 2025-26 |
| 100.0 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Total | 2025-26 |
| 48.0 [t] | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to hospital | 2024-25 |
| 1,210 [t] | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to hospital | 2024-25 |
| 7,016 | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to hospital | 2025-26 |
| 35.1 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to hospital | 2025-26 |
| 772 [t] | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to WGOS4 | 2024-25 |
| 30.6 [t] | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to WGOS4 | 2024-25 |
| 8,366 | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to WGOS4 | 2025-26 |
| 41.9 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Referred to WGOS4 | 2025-26 |
| 21.3 [t] | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Discharged | 2024-25 |
| 538 [t] | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Discharged | 2024-25 |
| 4,437 | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Discharged | 2025-26 |
| 22.2 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Discharged | 2025-26 |
| 143 | Count | Wales | Total | Total | No HES referral | 2025-26 |
| 0.7 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | No HES referral | 2025-26 |
| 2 | Count | Wales | Total | Total | Report sent to prescribing physician | 2025-26 |
| 0.0 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Total | Report sent to prescribing physician | 2025-26 |
| 100.0 [r] | Percentage | Wales | Total | Filtering | Total | 2024-25 |
| 2,093 [r] | Count | Wales | Total | Filtering | Total | 2024-25 |
| 14,912 | Count | Wales | Total | Filtering | Total | 2025-26 |
| 100.0 | Percentage | Wales | Total | Filtering | Total | 2025-26 |
| 1,169 [t] | Count | Wales | Total | Filtering | Referred to hospital | 2024-25 |
Next update expected:October 2027
Updates
- 8th October 2026
Date update for financial year 2025-26
- 9th January 2026
- Dataset first published.
Main information
- Designation
- Official statistics
- Data provider
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
- Data source
- Microsoft Form submission
- Time period covered
- April 2024 to March 2026
- Dataset ID
- 08fe70d2-036c-4f99-881b-6e3cbbccb6be
Overview
- Summary of dataset and variables
This dataset shows the number of Wales General Ophthalmic Services (WGOS) 4 appointments in Wales by appointment outcome, appointment purpose, clinical specialty and health board. For each clinical specialty and appointment purpose, the percentages show the proportion of appointments resulting in each appointment outcome.
WGOS 4 is a service where patients who would previously have been referred to/or managed in the Hospital Eye Service (HES) instead remain in primary care for further enhanced assessment as part of an agreed referral refinement or monitoring pathway.
- Data collection or calculation
The WGOS 4 claims are submitted electronically through Microsoft forms to NHS Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) and uploaded onto their K2 payments system.
The outcome of appointment categories are categorised as follows from the raw data:
Referred to WGOS 4: includes 'WGOS 4' and 'WGOS4 with IP used to prevent an onward referral to HES' Referred to hospital: includes 'Referral to HES' and 'Refer to HES for possible/definite toxicity' Discharged: includes 'Discharge' and 'Discharge with IP used to prevent an onward referral to HES'
In addition, there are separate categories for 'No HES referral' and 'Report sent to prescribing physician' (which are associated with a small number of appointments).
- Statistical quality
Data for the financial year 2024 to 2025 are not directly comparable with data for the financial year 2025 to 2026 onwards as WGOS 4 was introduced at different times across health boards during the financial year 2024 to 2025.
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Published by
- Organisation
- Welsh Government
- Contact email
- stats.healthinfo@gov.wales