Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 46027

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025

Question

Bobby Dean

Liberal DemocratCarshalton and Wallington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the rollout of the NHS special schools eye care service will begin; and what his planned timeline is to offer this to all special schools in England.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
NHS England published a range of documents to support the commissioning of sight testing in special educational settings on 25 March 2025, and integrated care boards will now be in the process of planning to procure local services. The scale of the roll o...

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