101 UK centres contributed data on cataract surgery outcomes for the fourth year of a national clinical audit. The dataset focuses on three key metrics: case ascertainment, adjusted posterior capsular rupture rates, and visual acuity loss. Results are provided for NHS Trusts, Welsh Health Boards, Independent Sector Treatment Centres, and one centre from Guernsey.
Use Cases
- Benchmark surgical complication rates across hospitals based on reported posterior capsular rupture metrics.
- Assess data completeness and reporting consistency based on case ascertainment rates.
- Analyze visual acuity outcomes for quality assurance, using the visual acuity loss metric.
Strengths
- Data collected from 101 participating clinical centres across the UK.
- Operative data is noted as more consistent than postoperative data due to standardized electronic medical record use.
- Results are stratified by contributing organisation type, including NHS Trusts and independent centres.
Limitations
- Postoperative results exclude operations from the last 2 months of the audit year and centres with fewer than 50 eligible operations.
- Visual acuity estimates are only produced for centres with at least 50 eligible operations with the relevant measurement.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Collection Method
- Collected as part of routine clinical care on electronic medical record systems.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-23 12:40:48.809979
- Geography
- United Kingdom (England, Wales, Guernsey)