Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82097

Ophthalmic Services and Primary Care: Finance

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Shockat Adam

IndependentLeicester South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled 100,000 more people get quicker care thanks to GP funding reform, published on 4 September 2025, whether he plans to allocate funding for advice and guid

Answer

Karin Smyth
The expansion of and funding for Advice and Guidance and referral triage more broadly for 2026/27 are currently under consideration, and a decision will be confirmed later this year.