Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 123048

Eyesight: Testing

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal DemocratEpsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including eligibility for an NHS sight test in the GP learning disability annual health check programme.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Free National Health Service sight tests are provided by community optometrists to eligible groups, including children, people aged 60 years old and over, people on low incomes, and those at risk of diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.Children and young peo...

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