Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 34778

Ophthalmic Services: Patient Choice Schemes

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Fabian Hamilton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase NHS patient choice within the field of ophthalmology.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government is committed to giving patients greater choice and control over their care and throughout their elective care pathway, including those referred to ophthalmology services.Patients have an existing legal right to choose where they go for thei...

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