Question follow-through · 42037

Ophthalmic Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the difference between the (a) fee that will be paid to deliver the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service and (b) cost

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the difference between the (a) fee that will be paid to deliver the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service and (b) cost

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The fee that has been put in place to underpin the service is aligned to other fees paid for domiciliary sight testing services. NHS England has committed to investing up to £12.7 million annually on the provision of sight tests and the associated optical...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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