Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25806

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 22 January 2025

Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Shockat Adam

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eye care professionals are delivering NHS Special School Eye Care Service under Primary Ophthalmic Service contracts; and how many special schools are in receipt of that service.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

As of March 2024, 38 optometrists and 29 dispensing opticians had been recorded as delivering sight testing services within the 83 special educational settings, participating in the proof-of-concept programme. Regulations were laid on 28 November 2024 to ...

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