Subject	Predicate	Object
dOx62xvB	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	50hkpNWy
	answer has answering person	Neil John O'Brien
	answer text	<p>The Secretary of State has no plans to assess the regulations and governance structure for refractive eye surgery.</p><p>Doctors performing refractive eye surgery in the United Kingdom must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC), the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the UK.</p><p>Providers who carry out refractive eye surgery must also be registered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. All refractive eye surgery locations are monitored and, where necessary, inspected by CQC.</p><p>If CQC become aware of any concerns regarding an individual medical practitioner, then CQC will notify the GMC.</p>
	answer given date	2023-02-07
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	dOx62xvB
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	dOx62xvB
50hkpNWy	question has answer	dOx62xvB
Neil John O'Brien	answering person has answer	dOx62xvB