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Comment on: Experience and perception of cataract training within the National Health Service and independent sector in the UK: a regional trainee survey

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Fig. 1: Total number of cataract surgeries performed by trainees at independent sector treatment centre (ISTC).

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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  1. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Three steps to sustainable patient care: RCOphth view on the independent sector and the delivery of NHS cataract surgery. Published online November 2021. https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/news-views/position-on-the-independent-sector/.

  2. Chen Y, Ting DSJ, Mansoor Q. Experience and perception of cataract training within the national health service and independent sector in the UK: a regional trainee survey. Eye. Published online September 2022:1–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-02258-1.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

    Jennifer Kwan, Chung Shen Chean, Hamza Abdou & Antonella Berry-Brincat

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JK, CSC and HA wrote the letter and ABB conceived the idea for the letter.

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Kwan, J., Chean, C.S., Abdou, H. et al. Comment on: Experience and perception of cataract training within the National Health Service and independent sector in the UK: a regional trainee survey. Eye 37, 3697–3698 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02552-6

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