Question follow-through · 11730
Ophthalmology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is clear that the professions protected in law must be the right ones and that the level of regulatory oversight must be proportionate to the risks to the public.The Department keeps the professions subject to regulation under review but ha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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