Wednesday 30 October 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8178
Date Request Received: 25/09/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/10/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Ophthalmology services
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am writing with a Freedom of Information request regarding the pricing and volume of both in-house and outsourced service-line agreements in ophthalmology. Please provide the following information for your organisation for the past five financial years (FY2019-20 to FY2023-24): Spreadsheet for responses attached. 1. 1. Total Spend and Volumes: The total spend (in £) and volume (number of procedures) for both in-house and outsourced provisions for each of the following ophthalmology procedure groups: o Cataract surgeries o AMD – eye injections o AMD - photodynamic therapy LASIK SMILE o Corrective laser eye surgeries (e.g. PRK, LASEK, TransPRK) If your records use different categorisations or sub-categories within these procedure groups, please provide the total spend and volumes for those as well. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see attached file. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8178.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Outsourcing Spend and Volumes by provider: The volume and spend for each ophthalmology procedure group outsourced, broken down by specific private providers. Please specify the volume and spend for each of the following procedure groups for each provider: o Cataract surgeries o AMD – eye injections o AMD - photodynamic therapy LASIK SMILE o Corrective laser eye surgeries (e.g. PRK, LASEK, TransPRK) | |
| Answer To Question 2: Unfortunately we are unable to separate activity undertaken in house and by outsourced providers. | |
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