Written questions

Glaucoma: Health Services

Commons · Question 119439 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver increased glaucoma services in the community.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 18 Mar 2026

Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population, and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services, to meet them. This can already include the commissioning of community-based glaucoma services, ...