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<p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p>Information on first and
follow-up outpatient paediatric ophthalmology, ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology,
optometry, and orthoptic appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>First appointments</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Follow-up appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treatment specialty</p></td><td><p>Cancelled
(by hospital or by patient)</p></td><td><p>Patient did not attend</p></td><td><p>Cancelled
(by hospital or by patient)</p></td><td><p>Patient did not attend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paediatric
ophthalmology</p></td><td><p>18,322</p></td><td><p>18,573</p></td><td><p>50,184</p></td><td><p>46,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ophthalmology</p></td><td><p>27,814</p></td><td><p>25,067</p></td><td><p>70,917</p></td><td><p>68,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical
ophthalmology</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>1,525</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>3,923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Optometry</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p>544</p></td><td><p>897</p></td><td><p>484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orthoptics</p></td><td><p>13,322</p></td><td><p>12,652</p></td><td><p>57,002</p></td><td><p>41,410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>
</em></p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p>Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social
Care Information Centre</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p>These
are not counts of people as the same person may have had more than one appointment
within the same time period.</p>
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