Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82087

Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Shockat Adam

IndependentLeicester South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce regional variations in access to eye care services; and what discussions his Department has had with the optometry sector on increasing the use of

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.Over the last 12 months I have met with a number of representatives across the eye care se...

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