Low vision assessments by selected characteristics, selected conditions, age and ethnicity of patient

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Year	Assessment Type	Characteristic or Condition	Area
0	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Health Board not recorded
3	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Health Board not recorded
37	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
2	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
60	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
75	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
72	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
9	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
148 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Wales
22	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
2	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
257 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Wales
1	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Health Board not recorded
314	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
207	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
66	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Swansea Bay University Health Board
103	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
42	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
97	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
1	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Health Board not recorded
10	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
12	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
125	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
0	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
3	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
0	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Health Board not recorded
48	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Swansea Bay University Health Board
20	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
28	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
161	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
18	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
98	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
443 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Wales
61	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
1	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Health Board not recorded
4	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
124	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
262 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Wales
89	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
504 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Wales
70	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Swansea Bay University Health Board
31	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
18	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
39	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
10	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
15	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Swansea Bay University Health Board
9	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
61	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
0	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Health Board not recorded
20 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Wales
2	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
3	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Swansea Bay University Health Board
9	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
1	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Nystagmus	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
9	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
25	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
38	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
56	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Hearing Problems	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
1,076 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Wales
169	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
152	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
174	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Age Total	Swansea Bay University Health Board
738 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Wales
115	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
112	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
130	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Swansea Bay University Health Board
56	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
2	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Female	Health Board not recorded
49	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
9	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
144	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
41	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Living Alone	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
479 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Wales
106	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
90	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Swansea Bay University Health Board
40	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
12	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
0	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Domiciliary	Health Board not recorded
21	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Swansea Bay University Health Board
33	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
30	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
1	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Wet AMD	Health Board not recorded
14	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
69	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
82	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
140	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Dry AMD	Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
25	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
4	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
26	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Swansea Bay University Health Board
26	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
0	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Glaucoma	Health Board not recorded
68 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Wales
1	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Powys Teaching Local Health Board
6	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Diabetic	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
412 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Wales
57	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
63	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Hywel Dda Local Health Board
80	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Swansea Bay University Health Board
17	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	Cataracts	Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board
7 [t]	Number of Assessments	2023-24	Follow Up Assessments	0 - 18 years	Wales

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Main information

• Most recent update: 30 September 2025
• Next update expected: September 2026
• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider 1: Low Vision Service Wales
• Data source 1: No specific source from data provider
• Data provider 2: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source 2: Low Vision Assessment Record Card
• Time period covered: April 2011 to March 2025

Data notes

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  This dataset shows the number of Low Vision assessments in Wales. Wales General Ophthalmic Services (WGOS) 3 enables patients who would benefit from optical and non-optical aids as well as holistic rehabilitation support (including sight impairment registration) and advice to access a low vision service in or close to their place of residence.

  The data is broken down by patient characteristics such as age and ethnicity, selected eye conditions, and whether the assessment was initial or follow-up. The dataset provides insight into the profile of patients using low vision services and the types of conditions they present with.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The data is based on claims made by practices to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) for payment. Practices submit a record card to NWSSP and this data generates the payment from the system. NWSSP provide an aggregated dataset with counts to Welsh Government. The dataset received includes three types of assessments: new patient assessments, existing patient assessments, and follow-up assessments. These are first combined into a single dataset. From this combined data, total assessments are calculated by summing all three types, providing an overview of all low vision service activity. Initial assessments are then derived by combining only new and existing patient assessments, representing first-time or standalone visits. Follow-up assessments are kept separate to reflect repeat visits. This structure allows analysis of both the overall volume and the different stages of patient care within the service.

• Statistical quality:

  The breakdown of assessments by initial or follow up are available from 2023-24 onwards.

• Related reports:
  • Eye Care Statistics
  • Quality Report

Published by

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

Metadata

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