Question follow-through · 26132
Accident and Emergency Departments: Eyes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce avoidable eye-related attendances at Emergency Departments.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce avoidable eye-related attendances at Emergency Departments.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards are responsible for deciding whether to commission enhanced eye care services from high street optical practices to meet the needs of their local populations. This is in line with the 10-Year Health Plan’s commitment to local decisi...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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