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<p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on outpatient
ophthalmology,<ins class="ministerial"> medical ophthalmology,</ins> optometry, orthotics
and orthoptics appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">Outpatient
appointments<sup>1</sup> for patients under 19 years of age</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">All patients</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Treatment
specialty</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Cancelled (by hospital or
by patient)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Patient did not attend</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Median wait time (days)<sup>2</sup></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Ophthamology<sup>3</sup></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">98,774</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">93,099</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Optometry</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,884</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1,028</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">33</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Orthotics</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,519</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">5,162</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">40</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Orthoptics</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">70,327</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">54,062</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins
class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial">Outpatient
appointments<sup>1</sup> for patients under 19 years of age</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">All patients</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Treatment
specialty</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cancelled (by hospital or
by patient)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Patient did not attend</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Median wait time (days)<sup>2</sup></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Ophthalmology</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98,774</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">93,099</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">35</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Medical ophthalmology</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">565</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">5,448</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Optometry</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,884</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">1,028</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Orthotics</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,519</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">5,162</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Orthoptics</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">70,327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">54,062</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">35</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social
Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>These are not counts
of people as the same person may have had more than one appointment within the same
time period.</li><li>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><li><del class="ministerial">Within the Hospital Episode
Statistics database it is not possible to distinguish between "ophthamology"
and "medical ophthamology" treatment specialties.</del></li></ol><p> </p>
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