Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14125

Visual Impairment: Babies

Tabled: 13 November 2024

Answered: 21 November 2024

Question

Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of new born babies losing their sight in one eye as a result of insufficient staffing levels at the hospital where they were born in each of the last five ye

Answer

Karin Smyth

There has been no specific estimate made regarding the number of newborn babies losing their sight in one eye due to insufficient staffing levels. As per the National Health Service newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme, the v...

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