Eye health (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Additional needs assessments required
Trends and patterns in Eye Care A&E attendances among the South Tyneside population.
In particular, this work should seek to identify the number and proportion of attendances that it is considered could be treated within primary care, and how this proportion has changed over time in recent years.
The views of minority ethnic communities were not specifically sought in this EHNA.
Given the likely high prevalence of diabetes in the minority ethnic communities within South Tyneside, this is an area where further assessment is needed.