Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration: Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 50585 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 May 2025
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks for treatment for (a) wet macular degeneration and (b) glaucoma in (i) England, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) Liver
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 May 2025
The classification codes required to identify pathways where patients may have glaucoma or macular degeneration do not allow for distinction between the two conditions. The following table provides an estimate of the number of patients who have been waiti...