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Patients aged 60 and over became eligible for national health service sight tests on 1 April 1999.
The numbers of NHS sight test claims processed for persons aged 60 and over in the former North Yorkshire Health Authority (HA), the former York and Selby Primary Care Trust (PCT) and the North Yorkshire and York PCT in the relevant financial years are shown in the following table.
The three columns in the table represent each organisation in place that included York over the relevant time period. The geographical areas covered by each organisation listed vary in size which makes it impossible to have a comparable time series over the full period.
The Information Centre for health and social care is due to publish information for 2008-09 on 19 August 2009.
North Yorkshire HA York and Selby PCT North Yorkshire and York PCT 1999-2000 52,072 n/a n/a 2000-01 61,787 n/a n/a 2001-02 68,855 n/a n/a 2002-03 70,278 n/a n/a 2003-04 n/a 26,254 n/a 2004-05 n/a 26,619 n/a 2005-06 n/a 25,057 n/a 2006-07 n/a n/a 1— 2007-08 n/a n/a 88,428 n/a = Not applicable. 1 Validated information at a PCT level is not available for 2006-07. Notes: 1. Patients may qualify for an NHS sight test on more than one criterion. However, they would only be recorded against one criterion on the form. Patients are more likely to be recorded according to their clinical need rather than their age. For example, a patient aged over 60, with glaucoma, is likely to be recorded in the glaucoma category only. The count by eligibility is therefore approximate. 2. The figures relate to the number of NHS sight tests and are not a count of individuals. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care