Ophthalmic Services: Disadvantaged

(asked on 22nd January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether as part of the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to reducing health inequalities he plans to require integrated care services to take account of the National Ophthalmology Database in understanding the extent of inequalities within eyecare.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 10th February 2021

As part of their planning and commissioning arrangements, clinical commissioning groups should be taking into account all sources of available information, including the National Ophthalmology Database.

Working with the health inequalities team at NHS England and NHS Improvement, we are considering how to put Integrated Care Systems on a statutory footing and will bring forward proposals in due course.

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