Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81296
Ophthalmic Services: Equality
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce regional inequalities in access to eye care services.
Answer
Stephen KinnockIntegrated care boards, as commissioners of primary and secondary eye care services, are required to work with local authorities to assess the current and future health, care, and wellbeing needs of their local populations. They will then set out, in join...
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