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Number of opticians in an area (3708) Metric type Discontinued

URI
http://id.esd.org.uk/metricType/3708
Help text
This indicator is a count of opticians in a local authority. It was derived by the LGA to give a sense of health service provision in each authority and was sourced from the Health and Social Care Information Centre's Organisation Data Service publication Optical Sites. This list provides address details of all opticians in England (http://tinyurl.com/qct4t2x). Postcodes were matched to a local authority using the ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) (https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk), providing an estimate of the number of opticians within each local authority. This data has been supplied to the ODS by the optical sector. ODS cannot confirm registration or approval of listed opticians by the General Optical Council, nor the currency and accuracy of the data, as a direct up-to-date feed of information from the sector has yet to be established therefore this data should be used with caution.
Modified
14 Jan 2021
Data last updated
23 Jun 2022
Short label
Number of opticians in an area
Status
Discontinued
Output precision
0
Polarity
not applicable
Measure
Opticians
Dataset
Optical Sites
Collection
Health service provision in an area
Source
Local Government Association
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