Ophthalmic Services: Equality
Commons · Question 81296 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce regional inequalities in access to eye care services.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 29 Oct 2025
Integrated care boards, as commissioners of primary and secondary eye care services, are required to work with local authorities to assess the current and future health, care, and wellbeing needs of their local populations. They will then set out, in join...