Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the proposed changes to (a) vision rehabilitation services and (b) professional recognition.

We do not currently have plans to regulate Vision Rehabilitation Specialists. The Care Act guidance advises that local authorities should consider securing specialist qualified rehabilitation and assessment provision, whether in-house, or contracted through a third party, to ensure that the needs of people with sight loss are correctly identified and their independence maximised.