Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) work with NHS Digital, commissioners and providers to encourage an appropriate reimbursement for the treatment of bilateral cataracts, and (2) ensure that the payment reflects the number of eyes treated, rather than the number of procedures performed.

Following the National Outpatient Transformation Programme for ophthalmology, NHS England and NHS Improvement conducted a survey into local pricing of bilateral cataracts in late 2020. NHS England and NHS Improvement will utilise the results of this survey to publish local pricing guidance to be used alongside the 2021-22 National Tariff Payment System.