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Ophthalmology: Community Health Services

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 13 April 2026UIN 123774

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with local optometrists to support eye care services within neighbourhood health systems.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Neighbourhood Health Framework outlines the national minimum aims and objectives of Neighbourhood Health Services. It is important that reforms are locally led, as integrated care boards and local authorities are best placed to design services that make sense for their local populations. Local systems can choose to go further than the minimum aims set out in the framework, including in relation to optometry.

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