The opportunity of independent sector treatment centres for cataract training.

Abstract

Cataract surgery is the most performed surgical procedure in the NHS, with 486,212 procedures reported to NHS Digital from centres in England from April 2021 to March 2022. Since 2017 the proportion of NHS cataract surgeries performed in the independent sector has increased from approximately 20% to almost 50% in 2021, and the trend is showing no sign of reducing. More recent data from 2022 shows that independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) are now performing 59% of NHS cataract surgeries.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Research Centre	International Centre for Eye Health
PubMed ID	38849596
Elements ID	225789
Official URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03157-3

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