| Heading: |
Eyesight: Testing |
| Question ID: |
1759027 |
| UIN: |
26630 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5323 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Matt Bishop
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Matt Bishop
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS sight test fee; and if he will take steps to increase that fee. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The level of the National Health Service sight test fee is considered annually and takes into account discussions with the Optical Fee Negotiating Committee, consideration of patient access to sight testing services, which continue to be widely available,... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |