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Ophthalmic Services: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to allow optometrists to share scan data directly with consultants, in the context of patient waiting times.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
21 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to allow optometrists to share scan data directly with consultants, in the context of patient waiting times.

  2. 21 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England is testing how improving digital connectivity between primary care optometry and secondary care will allow optometrists to share diagnostic images and receive advice and guidance from specialists. This will enable more patients to be managed i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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