Calls for reform as revealed 40,000 now waiting for outpatient eye-care

40,000 people were on outpatient waiting lists for eye-care procedures at the end of 2017 – up from 32,823 at the end of 2016, according to the Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI).

The AOI also reveal that 13,812 of these people were waiting more than a year, with 7,589 waiting more than 18 months.