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 assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the NHS to meet demand for ophthalmology services.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 25th November 2021
NHS England and NHS Improvement’s National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation programme is assisting local systems to redesign and improve outpatient ophthalmology services and improve the use of technology to support patients outside of hospital and meet future demand.