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Visual Impairment: Charities

Asked by Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 May 2025UIN 46608

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support charities who help (a) blind and (b) visually-impaired people.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Health and Wellbeing Alliance is the mechanism through which the Department, NHS England, and the UK Health Security Agency work together with voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector organisations to drive the transformation of the health and care systems, promote equality, address health inequalities, and help people, families, and communities to achieve and maintain wellbeing.

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