Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82096
Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Shockat Adam
Independent — Leicester South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using existing high street optometry practices to deliver diagnostic services.
Answer
Stephen KinnockHigh street optometrists play a vital role in the early detection of a range of eye conditions. Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services and can commission additional diagnostic services from high st...
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