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Lancashire Evening Post

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August 16, 2025

More people in Lancashire and South Cumbria visited hospital for problems with their vision in 2023-24, recent figures show.

A charity that funds research to combat sight loss warned of "a growing postcode lottery" in access to NHS eyecare.

Figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities show around 132,865 people in the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board area attended a hospital outpatient vision appointment in 2023-24.

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