National Cataract Audit Year 3: Surgical Outcomes from 101 UK Centres

The third prospective year of the UK National Cataract Audit collected data from 101 participating centres. It reports case ascertainment and adjusted rates for posterior capsular rupture and visual acuity loss for NHS Trusts, Welsh Health Boards, and Independent Sector Treatment Centres. The data was gathered by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership as part of routine clinical care.

Use Cases

• Benchmark surgical complication rates across hospitals based on reported posterior capsular rupture metrics.
• Assess case ascertainment completeness by comparing audit data to national NHS digital operation counts.
• Analyze trends in visual acuity outcomes for cataract surgery based on the audit's adjusted loss rates.
• Compare performance between NHS Trusts, Welsh Health Boards, and Independent Sector Treatment Centres.

Strengths

• Data sourced from 101 participating clinical centres, suggesting a broad sample.
• Operative data is described as more consistent than post-operative data.
• Results are adjusted and provided for specific contributing organizations.

Limitations

• Post-operative results exclude operations from the last 2 months of the audit year.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Post-operative data consistency is noted as lower, as not all centres use electronic records in all hospital eye service areas.

Provenance

Source

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

Collection Method

Collected as part of routine clinical care on electronic medical record systems.

Time Range

Covers the third prospective audit year; specific dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 12:54:23.669143

Geography

United Kingdom (England and Wales), covering NHS Trusts, Welsh Health Boards, and Independent Sector Treatment Centres.