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Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of nationally setting and maintaining service specification and national tariff for GOS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of nationally setting and maintaining service specification and national tariff for GOS.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    General Ophthalmic Services are already a nationally mandated services defined in legislation, with nationally defined contractor fees set out in Directions.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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