Written questions

Cataracts: Surgery

Commons · Question 50579 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

Question

Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients to have undergone NHS cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 May 2025

The following table shows the number of patients who have undergone National Health Service cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years:YearIndependent provider totalDifferenceAdmissionsPatientsAdmissionsPatients2017/1875,09657,676--...