PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs (10 October 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many special schools are currently in receipt of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service; and how many children attend those schools.

Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)

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