Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83052

Glaucoma: Screening

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national standard offering for glaucoma testing.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them, which could include glaucoma referral filtering services.The National Institute for...
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