General Practitioners and Out-patients: Visual Impairment
Commons · Question 46609 · 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of patients' (a) blindness and (b) partial sightedness on levels of attendance at (i) GP and (ii) hospital appointments.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 28 Apr 2025
The Department has made no formal assessment of the impact of visual impairment on levels of attendance. However, we are aware of the challenges that visual impairments can present when accessing healthcare services.Under the Equality Act (2010), health a...