Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes Integrated Care Boards: Functions Schedule 3: Conferral of primary care functions on integrated care boards etc. Ophthalmic services
Section 115 is amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3. It requires integrated care boards to make the necessary arrangements to secure the provision of primary ophthalmic services to meet the reasonable requirements of the persons for whom it is responsible (as defined in section 14Z31 and any other people who may be prescribed in regulations). Regulations under section 114C may set out how primary ophthalmic services should be defined for the purposes of this Act. Such regulations would be subject to the negative procedure.
	Section 116A provides a general power for integrated care boards and NHS England to make arrangements for the provision of primary ophthalmic services to fulfil their section 115 and section 3B(1) obligations respectively.
	New section 116B stipulates that each integrated care board and NHS England must publish information about such matters as may be prescribed in relation to the primary ophthalmic services provided under this Act.
	New section 125A allows the Secretary of State to direct NHS England to exercise any of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to the provision of primary ophthalmic services.
	New section 125B allows NHS England to direct an integrated care board about the exercise by it of any of its functions under Part 6 (Ophthalmic Services) of NHS Act 2006.