PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dementia and Eyesight: Health Services (20 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer to Question 901157 in Health and Social Care Questions on 19 July 2022, Official Report, column 830, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of producing national health strategies for (a) eye health and (b) dementia in the context of the diversity of health needs across communities in England; and if he will a make a statement.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

We have no current plans for a national eye strategy as eye care services are commissioned locally to meet the needs of the local population. We are reviewing plans for dementia in England and further information will be available in due course.

Answered by:
James Morris (Conservative)
5 September 2022