Question follow-through · 33981

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of the provision of vision rehabilitation specialists.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 3 Mar 2025
Answer: 3 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of the provision of vision rehabilitation specialists.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
Ministers and officials in the Department of Health and Social Care meet regularly with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to discuss a range of issues.Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape the...

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