The data shows the number of national health service (NHS) sight tests conducted in England from 2007 to 2017, by practitioner. In 2016/17, there were a total of 13 million eye sight tests conducted by optometrists in England.
2007-08 | 10878669 | 169221 |
2008-09 | 11181039 | 97435 |
2009-10 | 11767625 | 44026 |
2010-11 | 11905963 | 32566 |
2011-12 | 12277754 | 27973 |
2012-13 | 12316310 | 22943 |
2013-14 | 12765781 | 21649 |
2014-15 | 12749584 | 14901 |
2015-16 | 12970612 | 9150 |
2016-17 | 12988183 | 7329 |