Ophthalmic Services: Learning Disability
(asked on 7th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 December (HL3634), whether there remains a NHS Long Term Plan commitment to invest to ensure that children with learning disabilities have their needs met by eyesight services.
This question was answered on 15th December 2022
The NHS Long Term Plan commitment remains in place. NHS England’s current evaluation of its proof-of-concept will inform decisions on the scope, funding and delivery of any future sight testing model.