Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 46028

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, how many eye care professionals are delivering NHS Special School Eye Care Service under Primary Ophthalmic Service contracts as of March 2025; and how many special schools are in receipt of that s

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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