Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107831
Ophthalmic Services: Contact Lenses
Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026
Question
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat — Stratford-on-Avon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing NHS provision of scleral contact lenses for patients with complex corneal conditions.
Answer
Stephen KinnockScleral contact lenses can be funded by the National Health Service for hospital eye service patients if there is a clinical need.