United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 46609
General Practitioners and Out-patients: Visual Impairment
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17 April 2025
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28 April 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of patients' (a) blindness and (b) partial sightedness on levels of attendance at (i) GP and (ii) hospital appointments.
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17 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of patients' (a) blindness and (b) partial sightedness on levels of attendance at (i) GP and (ii) hospital appointments.
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28 April 2025
Answer
The Department has made no formal assessment of the impact of visual impairment on levels of attendance. However, we are aware of the challenges that visual impairments can present when accessing healthcare services.Under the Equality Act (2010), health a...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-17/46609
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1795236
- uk · wq-1795236 · source updated 28 April 2025