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Reference to Word 'sight'
8,096
ophthalmic
practitioners
held
contracts
with
at
least
one
Primary
Care
Trust
to
carry
out
NHS
sight
tests
in
England
at
31
December
2002,
a
similar
figure
to
2001
and
a
23%
increase
on
the
number
of
practitioners
at
December
1992.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
In
2002
-
03
,
Primary
Care
Trusts
and
Health
Authorities
in
England
paid
for
9.7
million
NHS
sight
tests
,
a
decrease
of
1
.
5
%
on
2001
-
02
and
75%
increase
on
1992
-
93
.
This
is
the
first
year
NHS
sight
test
numbers
have
fallen
.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
Figures
for
the
number
of
practitioners
relate
to
ophthalmic
medical
practitioners
and
ophthalmic
opticians
who
held
contracts
with
FHSAs
/
HAs
to
carry
out
NHS
sight
tests
as
at
31
December
.
Those
with
more
than
one
contract
are
counted
only
once
.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
From
1
April
1989,
NHS
sight
tests
were
restricted
to
children
aged
under
16,
students
aged
16
-
18
in
full
time
education
,
adults
on
low
income
,
users
of
complex
lenses
and
those
with
certain
medical
conditions
or
at
risk
of
eye
disease
.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
Number
of
GOS
sight
tests
(
thousands
)
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
GOS
sight
tests
:
Total
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