Ophthalmic Services: Contact Lenses
(asked on 22nd January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing NHS provision of scleral contact lenses for patients with complex corneal conditions.
This question was answered on 2nd February 2026
Scleral contact lenses can be funded by the National Health Service for hospital eye service patients if there is a clinical need.