PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs (10 October 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will publish further information on future plans for the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service.
Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Answer
There are 83 special schools with approximately 9,324 children who have participated in the NHS England’s Special Schools Eye Care Service proof of concept programme. NHS England is currently evaluating the programme to inform the future of any special schools’ sight testing service model and will set out the further information in due course.
Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
18 October 2022
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