Ophthalmic Services
Commons · Question 83287 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps with the primary eye care sector to help prevent avoidable sight loss.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 27 Oct 2025
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.ICBs already commission National Health Service sight testing services through hi...