Question follow-through · 93220
Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring vision rehabilitation services under the same regulatory and monitoring framework as other adult social care services; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of do
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring vision rehabilitation services under the same regulatory and monitoring framework as other adult social care services; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of do
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have the duty to shape their care market and to commission a range of high-quality, sustainable, and person-centred care and support services to meet the diverse needs of all local people. This includes encouragi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Paediatrics: Waiting Lists
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have waited more than (a) 26 and (b) 40 weeks for an initial paediatric referral triage in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
Paediatrics: Waiting Lists
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on clinically prioritising children whose symptoms are deteriorating while awaiting paediatric referral allocation.
Paediatrics: Waiting Lists
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide support or funding to NHS Trusts with paediatric waiting times exceeding 26 weeks.
Paediatrics: Waiting Lists
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of enabling children waiting over 26 weeks for a paediatric appointment to be seen by alternative NHS-commissioned providers.
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Public Health: Nurses
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in local authority public health nursing contracts on prevention and community-based care.
Sanitary Products: Concessions
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a statutory right to access free period products.
Pharmacy: Business Rates
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason business rates treatment is different for community pharmacies and (a) GP and (b) NHS dentist surgeries; and whether his Department plans to extend business rate reimbursements to c
Hospices: Finance
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of funding the full cost of specialist palliative care delivered by hospices.