WGOS 4 appointments by source of referral and clinical specialty and health board

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

Data values	Data description	Area	Specialty	Source of Referral
430 [t]	Count	Wales	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
70 [t]	Count	Wales	Glaucoma	Secondary care Wales
4 [t]	Count	Wales	Medical Retina	Optometry practice England
330 [t]	Count	Wales	Total	Secondary care Wales
260 [t]	Count	Wales	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
1,243 [t]	Count	Wales	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
3 [t]	Count	Wales	Glaucoma	Private ophthalmology
2 [t]	Count	Wales	Medical Retina	Private ophthalmology
543 [t]	Count	Wales	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
934 [t]	Count	Wales	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
504 [t]	Count	Wales	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
8 [t]	Count	Wales	Total	Optometry practice England
4 [t]	Count	Wales	Glaucoma	Optometry practice England
700 [t]	Count	Wales	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
5 [t]	Count	Wales	Total	Private ophthalmology
120	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
31	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
61	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Secondary care Wales
1	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Optometry practice England
3	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Private ophthalmology
16	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
50	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
312	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
77 [t]	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
1 [t]	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Optometry practice England
81 [t]	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
432 [t]	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
3 [t]	Count	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Private ophthalmology
1 [t]	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Private ophthalmology
2	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
232	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
1	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Medical Retina	Optometry practice England
126	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
184	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
1	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Medical Retina	Private ophthalmology
232 [t]	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
1 [t]	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Optometry practice England
128 [t]	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
184 [t]	Count	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
82	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
80	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
8 [t]	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
151 [t]	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
8	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
71	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
158 [t]	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
76	Count	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
207	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
393 [t]	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
2	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Glaucoma	Optometry practice England
385 [t]	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
5 [t]	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Total	Optometry practice England
9 [t]	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
5	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Glaucoma	Secondary care Wales
1	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Medical Retina	Private ophthalmology
325	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
178	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
3	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Medical Retina	Optometry practice England
1 [t]	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Total	Private ophthalmology
4	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
68	Count	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
182	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
4	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Glaucoma	Secondary care Wales
1	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Glaucoma	Optometry practice England
83	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
4 [t]	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
1 [t]	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Total	Optometry practice England
182 [t]	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
83 [t]	Count	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
0.3 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Glaucoma	Private ophthalmology
13.1 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Total	Secondary care Wales
48.3 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
0.1 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Medical Retina	Private ophthalmology
0.2 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Total	Private ophthalmology
50.1 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
18.6 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
49.3 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
0.3 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Medical Retina	Optometry practice England
30.8 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
0.4 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Glaucoma	Optometry practice England
6.2 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Glaucoma	Secondary care Wales
37.1 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
44.8 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
0.3 [t]	Percentage	Wales	Total	Optometry practice England
13.6 [t]	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Different optometry practice Wales
0.5 [t]	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Private ophthalmology
72.7 [t]	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
15.0	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Secondary care Wales
0.2	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Optometry practice England
7.6	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Different optometry practice Wales
76.5	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Same optometry practice Wales
0.7	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Glaucoma	Private ophthalmology
8.6	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Medical Retina	Secondary care Wales
26.9	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Medical Retina	Different optometry practice Wales
64.5	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Medical Retina	Same optometry practice Wales
13.0 [t]	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
0.2 [t]	Percentage	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Total	Optometry practice England
33.7 [t]	Percentage	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Same optometry practice Wales
42.5 [t]	Percentage	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Total	Secondary care Wales
0.2	Percentage	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Medical Retina	Optometry practice England

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Main information

• Most recent update: 30 September 2025
• Next update expected: September 2026
• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source: Microsoft Form submission

Data notes

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  This dataset shows the number and percentage of Wales General Ophthalmic Services (WGOS) 4 appointments in Wales. 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. The data is broken down by clinical specialty (glaucoma or medical retina), source of referral, health board, and financial year. Source of referral refers to where the patient was referred from, including optometry practices in Wales or England, private ophthalmology, and NHS secondary care. The dataset provides insight into referral patterns and appointment activity across services and health boards over time.

• 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. Appointments are grouped by health board, clinical specialty, source of referral, and financial year. For each combination, the number of appointments is counted, and the percentage share of each referral source within its specialty and health board is calculated. Totals are included to support interpretation across categories.

• Statistical quality:

  As Health Boards brought the WGOS 4 services in at varying times, no claims were received from Betsi and Powys up until March 2025 and so they are missing from the data for the financial year 2024-25.

• Related reports:
  • Eye Care Statistics
  • Quality Report

Published by

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

Metadata

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