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Ophthalmic Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board to publish the evidence base, consultation documents and impact assessments for the decision to end the Minor Eye Care Service

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
4 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board to publish the evidence base, consultation documents and impact assessments for the decision to end the Minor Eye Care Service

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning decisions and for ensuring that those decisions are supported by a clear evidence base, appropriate engagement, and the necessary impact assessments.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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