Outpatient appointments for ophthalmology by appointment type and health board

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Next update expected:October 2027

Updates

8th October 2026

New data added for 2025-26. Data slightly revised for 2024-25

30th September 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
Data source
Outpatient Referral Dataset (OPR)
Time period covered
April 2008 to March 2026
Dataset ID
486098a1-2ed0-4ef3-bdd0-53abde741991

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This dataset shows the number of outpatient appointments for ophthalmology in Wales. It includes new appointments, follow-up attendances, and pre-operative assessments, broken down by Health Board and financial year.

The dataset presents how outpatient activity for eye care services varies across health boards and over time.

Data collection or calculation

This dataset presents outpatient activity data on a Welsh provider basis, which includes activity provided by Welsh organisations and data submitted by English organisations for patients registered with a Welsh GP. This differs from the wider StatsWales outpatient data, which is presented on a Welsh activity basis—that is, outpatient activity carried out at hospital sites in Wales. The latter includes activity performed by English organisations in Welsh hospitals but excludes activity carried out in England for Welsh residents or organisations.

The data received includes counts of new, follow-up, and pre-operative appointments by health board and year. These are also summed to give total appointment counts for each area and year.

Statistical quality

Data may be revised slightly by Digital Health and Care Wales in the subsequent publication.

On 1 April 2019, health service responsibility for Bridgend residents moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. Health board names also changed: Cwm Taf became Cwm Taf Morgannwg, and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg became Swansea Bay.

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
stats.healthinfo@gov.wales