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The information is shown in the following table.<\/p>

<\/p>

Information on outpatient ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology,<\/ins> optometry, orthotics and orthoptics appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Outpatient appointments1<\/sup> for patients under 19 years of age<\/del><\/p><\/td>

All patients<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Treatment specialty<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Patient did not attend<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Median wait time (days)2<\/sup><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ophthamology3<\/sup><\/del><\/p><\/td>

98,774<\/del><\/p><\/td>

93,099<\/del><\/p><\/td>

35<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Optometry<\/del><\/p><\/td>

1,884<\/del><\/p><\/td>

1,028<\/del><\/p><\/td>

33<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Orthotics<\/del><\/p><\/td>

6,519<\/del><\/p><\/td>

5,162<\/del><\/p><\/td>

40<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Orthoptics<\/del><\/p><\/td>

70,327<\/del><\/p><\/td>

54,062<\/del><\/p><\/td>

35<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Outpatient appointments1<\/sup> for patients under 19 years of age<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

All patients<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Treatment specialty<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Patient did not attend<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Median wait time (days)2<\/sup><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ophthalmology<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

98,774<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

93,099<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

35<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Medical ophthalmology<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

565<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

5,448<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

28<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Optometry<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,884<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,028<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

33<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Orthotics<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

6,519<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

5,162<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

40<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Orthoptics<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

70,327<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

54,062<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

35<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/ins><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Sources:<\/em><\/p>

Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre<\/p>

<\/p>

Notes:<\/em><\/p>

  1. These are not counts of people as the same person may have had more than one appointment within the same time period.<\/li>
  2. Waiting time is defined as the time in days between the date the referral request was received and the date of the first appointment, whether it was attended or not.<\/li>
  3. Within the Hospital Episode Statistics database it is not possible to distinguish between "ophthamology" and "medical ophthamology" treatment specialties.<\/del><\/li><\/ol>

    <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457766/answer/previousversion/50914", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-14T11:31:27.257Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2016-04-25T17:06:31.91Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Out-patients: Children"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) medical ophthalmology, (b) optometry and (c) orthotics appointments for children under 19 years of age were (i) cancelled and (ii) missed because the patient did not attend in 2014-15; and what the median waiting time for an (A) outpatient ophthalmology (B) medical ophthalmology (C) outpatient optometry, and (D) outpatient orthoptics appointment was in 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/193", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mitcham and Morden"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Siobhain McDonagh"} ], "uin" : "29822"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456566", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456566/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

    Letters to and from the National Health Service<\/del> NHS England <\/ins>to hon. Members are a matter for NHS England. The Department would expect NHS England, and indeed clinical commissioning groups,<\/ins> to respond promptly and courteously to all letters from hon. Members.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456566/answer/previousversion/49268", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-04T14:46:35.833Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-11T09:51:09.14Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Wheelchairs: West Lancashire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage NHS England and NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide a response to the letter of 24 September 2015 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on wheelchair provision in West Lancashire.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1538", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rosie Cooper"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Lancashire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rosie Cooper"} ], "uin" : "29143"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454211", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454211/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

    In regard to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC1093 March Budget 2015, of the £1.25 billion additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, the following amount has been allocated to each clinical commissioning group (CCG):<\/p>

    <\/p>

    For 2015-16, £105 million has been allocated to CCGs, of which:<\/p>

    - £75 million has been allocated to transform local services through delivery of the Local Transformation Plans; and<\/p>

    - £30 million has been allocated for new community based eating disorder services in every area of the country.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations, of which<\/del><\/p>

    £30 million eating disorders funding will be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.<\/del><\/p>

    For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations. £30 million eating disorders funding will also be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.<\/ins><\/p>

    Year to date spend information is not available.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454211/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "CYP Allocations breakdown.xlsx"} , "title" : "Revised allocations table"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454211/answer/previousversion/48676", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454211/answer/previousversion/48676/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "pq27979 table.XLSX"} , "title" : "Table"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-02T17:49:18.603Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-07T18:21:38.593Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-02-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Mental Health Services: Children and Young People"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC 1093, of additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, how much of this funding has been spent by NHS England to date; how such funding has been spent; and how much in total he anticipates NHS England will have spent by the end of the current financial year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Norman Lamb"} ], "uin" : "27979"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454232", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454232/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

    In regard to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC1093 March Budget 2015, of the £1.25 billion additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, the following amount has been allocated to each clinical commissioning group (CCG):<\/p>

    <\/p>

    For 2015-16, £105 million has been allocated to CCGs, of which:<\/p>

    - £75 million has been allocated to transform local services through delivery of the Local Transformation Plans; and<\/p>

    - £30 million has been allocated for new community based eating disorder services in every area of the country.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations, of which<\/del><\/p>

    £30 million eating disorders funding will be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.<\/del><\/p>

    For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations. £30 million eating disorders funding will also be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.<\/ins><\/p>

    Year to date spend information is not available.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454232/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "CYP Allocations breakdown.xlsx"} , "title" : "Revised allocations table"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454232/answer/previousversion/48680", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/454232/answer/previousversion/48680/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "pq27979 table.XLSX"} , "title" : "Table"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-02T17:49:18.667Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-07T18:21:28.833Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-02-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Mental Health Services: Children and Young People"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 1.233 of the March Budget 2015, how much of the £1.25 billion investment in mental health services has been allocated to children and young people's mental health in each clinical commissioning group in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Norman Lamb"} ], "uin" : "28160"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/449851", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/449851/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

    The information requested is not held by the Department. The nine health and care professional regulatory bodies<\/a> within the United Kingdom are responsible for operational matters concerning the discharge of their statutory duties including fitness-to-practise (FtP) investigations against their registrants. Relevant information provided by the General Medical Council (GMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and General Dental Council (GDC) is included below.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    The GMC reports that four European Economic Area (EEA) doctors and no non-EEA doctors have appeared at a FtP tribunal and been suspended<\/del> due wholly or partly to lack of English language skills, since its legislation changed in June 2014 to introduce inadequate English language skills as a grounds for finding a doctor\u2019s fitness to practise is impaired. Of the four, two were suspended and two had conditions imposed on their registration. Conditions restrict a doctor\u2019s practice or require them to take remedial action. In these cases, the purpose of conditions is to help protect patients while allowing the doctor to remedy any deficiencies in their practice or knowledge of English. <\/ins>In addition, since the GMC was given new powers in relation to the language skills of doctors, it has dealt with 3,289 registration applications from EEA doctors. 1,970 of them were able to demonstrate that they met the English language requirements as part of their application and were granted registration with a licence to practise. 1,319 doctors were registered but have not been granted a licence to practise either because they did not provide any evidence of their English language skills or the evidence they provided was insufficient. Doctors cannot practise in the UK without a licence to practise.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    The NMC reports that until legislative change took effect in January 2016, it did not record poor English language skills as a case type within FtP. Previously all cases were recorded under an umbrella category of \u2018Lack of competence \u2013 communication issues\u2019. This category covered a range of communication topics including failure to delegate appropriately. Since the new language control power was introduced in 2016 the NMC has been coding English language skills as a separate code.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    The GDC reports that following an update to its Standards in 2013, it takes the requirement to be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken English into account when assessing FtP cases. Since this change there have been no suspensions and one EEA Dentist has been struck-off the GDC register where the category of \u2018not fluent in English\u2019 was recorded as a consideration. The GDC notes that as a result of recent legislative change, it is taking forward associated changes to registration processes and FtP rules, which will result in further language control requirements being introduced by the end of summer.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    <\/p>

    <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3988", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Gummer"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ipswich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Ben Gummer"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-02-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/449851/answer/previousversion/44025", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3988", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Gummer"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ipswich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Ben Gummer"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-02-08T14:54:34.797Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-01T17:55:31.107Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-02-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health Professions: Migrant Workers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nationals of (a) the EEA, excluding the UK and (b) non-EEA countries who are (i) doctors, (ii) dentists, (iii) other dental care professionals and (iv) nurses have been (A) suspended and (B) brought before a fitness to practise panel by their professional regulator as a result of poor English language skills in the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3933", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlotte Leslie"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol North West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlotte Leslie"} ], "uin" : "25540"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 5, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }