Derry posted third highest ophthalmic spend at £13.90

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Derry and Strabane had the third highest primary care ophthalmic spend in the North per head of population last year at £13.90.

Only Ards & North Down (£13.90) and Fermanagh & Omagh (£13.70) posted higher figures.

A newly-published Family Practitioner Services General Ophthalmic Statistics for Northern Ireland 2022/23 report shows there were 14.5 ophthalmic practices per 100,000 people in Derry and Strabane. The average for the North was 14 per 100,000.

In Derry and Strabane 88.6% of the population is within three miles of an ophthalmic practice.