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Cataracts: Surgery

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 May 2025UIN 50583

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of patients who have received NHS cataract surgery in private clinics and have then been re-admitted post-surgery to NHS providers in each of

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

A table showing the number and proportion of patients who received National Health Service cataract surgery in private clinics, who were then re-admitted post-surgery to NHS providers in each of the last six years, is attached.

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