PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ophthalmic Services: Coronavirus (8 June 2020)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Answer
NHS England and NHS Improvement issued a letter and Standard Operating Procedure to the profession on 17 June setting out that practices are able to resume National Health Service eye care services where practices have the relevant infection protection control and personal protective equipment in place. Decisions on when to reopen for private sight tests and services are a matter for the individual optician. Our understanding is that most high street opticians have now reopened for private and NHS care.
NHS England and NHS Improvement’s published guidance can be found at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/optical-setting/
Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
5 August 2020
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