Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99304

Ophthalmic Services

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 30 December 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to create capacity in hospital eye services by expanding the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them. This can include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high street optic...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 99304) →