Question follow-through · 16860
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that ICBs commission community minor and urgent eye care services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that ICBs commission community minor and urgent eye care services.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Decisions on whether to commission these services are for integrated care boards, which are responsible for assessing local population needs and determining how best to meet them.The Department worked with the eye care sector to develop a standard clinica...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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