NHS eyesight tests conducted in England 2007-17, by practitioner

Number of national health service (NHS) sight tests conducted in England from 2007 to 2017, by practitioner

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