PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs (7 February 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the establishment of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service.
Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
Answer
A Proof-of-Concept programme was launched by NHS England and NHS Improvement in 2021 to provide sight tests and the dispensing of glasses on school premises to children and young people with learning disabilities and autism attending residential special schools. The programme will run during the 2022/2023 financial year and NHS England and NHS Improvement hopes to undertake a service evaluation between April and July 2023.
Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
14 February 2022
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