Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83287
Ophthalmic Services
Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps with the primary eye care sector to help prevent avoidable sight loss.
Answer
Stephen KinnockIntegrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.ICBs already commission National Health Service sight testing services through hi...
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