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Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 901597

Tabled: 14 October 2026
Answered: 20 October 2026
Named Day

Question

Paul Holmes

Conservative — Hamble Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that patients referred for NHS elective eye care are offered an adequate choice of NHS and independent sector providers.

Answer

Mr James Frith
Patients have a legal right to choose where they go when referred for consultant-led care. This includes NHS-funded elective eye care where clinically appropriate for both NHS and independent sector providers delivering NHS services. We are protecting pat...
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