Question follow-through · 4428
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support capacity in hospital eye services, including through the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support capacity in hospital eye services, including through the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services. This can include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high street optical practices, including minor and urgent eye care services and glaucom...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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