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Health Services: Visual Impairment

Commons · Question 46607 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of health services for (a) blind and (b) partially sighted people in North Cornwall constituency.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 28 Apr 2025

Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local population, including blind and partially sighted people.Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustment...