Question reference: S5W-34577
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) did not attend and (b) cannot attend appointments for (i) cataract, (ii) glaucoma, (iii) age-related macular degeneration and (iv) other ophthalmology treatments have been recorded by each NHS board in each month since March 2019.
Answer
Data on Ophthalmology sub specialities are not held by the Scottish Government
The following table shows ophthalmology treatment could not attend (CNA) and did not attend (DNA) rates from 31 March 2019 to 30 September 2020.
NHS Board of treatment | Indicator | 31-03-2019 | 30-06-2019 | 30-09-2019 | 31-12-2019 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 | 30-09-2020 |
NHS Scotland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.8% | 6.9% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 4.9% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |
NHS Scotland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.1% | 7.3% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 8.9% | 8.1% | 5.3% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |
Golden Jubilee | Could not attend (CNA) rate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 18.5% | 26.1% | 18.7% | 16.5% | 25.9% | 47.7% | 14.9% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |
NHS Borders | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.6% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 3.2% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
| Could not attend (CNA) rate | 5.1% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 0.0% | 4.8% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |
NHS Fife | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 5.9% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2.7% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |
NHS Forth Valley | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.4% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 0.0% | 4.3% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |
NHS Grampian | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 3.9% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
NHS Greater | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.3% | 7.1% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 10.3% | 2.7% | 5.0% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |
NHS Highland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 5.9% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 4.6% | 3.8% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |
NHS Lanarkshire | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.4% | 8.5% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 4.1% | 4.3% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
NHS Lothian | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.8% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
NHS Orkney | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.8% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 1.1% | 10.0% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
NHS Shetland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.2% | 0.0% | 9.8% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 2.9% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
NHS Tayside | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
NHS Western Isles | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.0% | 1.4% | 6.2% | 4.1% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 6.9% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 0.0% |