Question follow-through · 112360
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to community eye care services across England.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to community eye care services across England.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Feb 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet the needs of their local population. National Health Service sight tests are widely available across the country, with no known access issues. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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