Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82087
Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Named DayQuestion
Shockat Adam
Independent — Leicester 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 KinnockIntegrated 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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