Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82310

Cataracts: Health Services

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Ms Stella Creasy

Labour (Co-op)Walthamstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has made on its investigations into providers of NHS-funded cataract care.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Independent providers play an important role supporting the National Health Service to deliver eyecare services, ensuring patients receive the treatment and care they need. However, we were clear in the 10-Year Health Plan that we will neither tolerate ‘g...

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