Question follow-through · 60393

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish counterpart on the removal of the requirement for a pre-visit notification for eye care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
18 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish counterpart on the removal of the requirement for a pre-visit notification for eye care.

  2. 18 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    National Health Service funded domiciliary, mobile sight tests are available for patients who are eligible for free NHS sight tests and who are unable to leave home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability, which includes individu...

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