A Year in a General Ophthalmic Outpatient Department in England

Leicestershire is the largest health authority in ^ England, with a population in excess of 830 000 persons.¹The ophthalmic needs of this population are served by a single ophthalmic outpatient department at the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI), which has an estimated catchment population of 733 000.² Since September 1981, a computerized ophthalmology index for all ophthalmic patients and patients with eye casualties has...