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Ophthalmic Services

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 3017, tabled on 21 November 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ask (a) NHS England and (b) Integrated Care Boards to issue guidance on embedding non-clinical support into existing eye care pathways.

Answered on

28 November 2023

NHS England has contributed to the development of the Royal National Institute of Blind People Eye Care Support Pathway, which they have already committed to embedding in the eye care transformation programme. NHS England is also supporting the dissemination of the pathway to eyecare commissioners and providers.

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