Ophthalmic Services

(asked on 22nd November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve uptake of routine eye care check-ups via community optometry.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 7th December 2021

Free National Health Service sight tests are available for eligible groups, including children, people aged 60 years old and over, people on low incomes and those at risk of eye disease. NHS.UK sets out the importance of regular sight tests and provides information about entitlement to free tests. The Department also used social media to promote the importance of sight tests during National Eye Health week in 2021.

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