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Glaucoma: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 111108 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2026

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Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society 2025 consensus on Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery, what estimate he has made of the number of glaucoma patients who weren't offered a combined

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 12 Feb 2026

Data on the number of glaucoma patients who weren't offered a combined procedure to treat glaucoma at the time of cataract surgery is not held.The best treatment options will be decided by the treating clinician, in discussion with the patient, considerin...