Question follow-through · 69660
Keratoconus: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS (a) treatment for and (b) diagnosis of keratoconus.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS (a) treatment for and (b) diagnosis of keratoconus.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2025
Answer published
We are not aware of any issues with the diagnosis or treatment of keratoconus. Keratoconus is usually identified during a routine sight test. The National Health Service provides over 13 million free NHS sight tests annually for eligible groups.Patient wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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