Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to pause the rollout of the NHS England Special School Eye Care Service.
The NHS Long Term Plan committed to ensure that children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism in special residential schools have access to eyesight, hearing and dental checks. NHS England commenced a proof-of-concept programme in 2021 to pilot and evaluate a potential sight testing service model in residential schools. The pilot is currently being evaluated and we expect this to conclude early in 2023.