UK: COVID-19 impact on treatment access for people with eye problems 2020

According to a survey carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, there were significant negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown on access to treatment services (for example, hospital appointments) for people living with eye conditions. Almost 50 percent of respondents who were suffering from glaucoma reported that access to treatment services had become a lot worse, while 37 percent advised that access had become somewhat worse.

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on access to treatment for people living with an eye condition in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020

Characteristic	A lot better	Somewhat better	No change	Somewhat worse	A lot worse
Moderate or severe sight loss and registered blind	1.2%	3.1%	22.7%	36.2%	36.8%
Normal vision or mild sight loss	-	5.3%	23.4%	38.3%	33%
Eye condition: glaucoma	-	4.1%	11%	37%	47.9%
Eye condition: AMD	2.5%	5%	30%	33.8%	28.8%
Eye conditon: cataract	-	1.2%	21%	38.3%	39.5%
Eye condition: other	-	3.1%	27.3%	35.4%	34.2%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

May 2020

Number of respondents

296 respondents

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Question was worded in the source as: "Thinking about different aspects of your life, please tell us if they have gotten worse or better since the COVID-19 lockdown? Access to treatment (e.g. hospital appointments"

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