Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82093
Ophthalmic Services: Information Sharing
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 plans to provide NHS email accounts to (a) optometrists and (b) other NHS contractors to support more (i) efficient and (ii) secure communication across services.
Answer
Stephen KinnockNHS.net, formally NHSmail, provides licences for optometry practices in England, specifically for General Ophthalmic Services contractors with 10 or fewer sites. Eligible practices can receive one shared mailbox and up to three individual NHS.net accounts...
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