Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 95792

Ophthalmic Services

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of optician services.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet local need. We are not aware of any issues with the availability of sight testing services. The decision to commission enhanced eye care servic...

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