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
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- Answering body
- 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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Recorded timeline
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
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting people with sickle-cell anaemia from prescription charges.
Health Services: Special Educational Needs
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children attending residential special schools have received an eyesight, hearing and dental check since April 2025.
Audiology: Bexleyheath and Crayford
5 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of NHS audiology services in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.
Miscarriage
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to miscarriage care.
Miscarriage
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Tommy's Graded Model of Miscarriage Care.
Hospitals: Disability
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current number of Changing Places toilets in hospitals.