Ophthalmic Services: Contact Lenses
Commons · Question 107831 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing NHS provision of scleral contact lenses for patients with complex corneal conditions.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Feb 2026
Scleral contact lenses can be funded by the National Health Service for hospital eye service patients if there is a clinical need.