§ Mr. Ken HargreavesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce free eye tests for long-term users of steroids to bring them into line with other glaucoma high-risk groups; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThere are no plans to extend the current national health service exemption categories to include long-term users of steroids. Patients receiving such treatment are normally under continual medical care where examination of the lens for symptoms of eye disease by the doctor or hospital clinician involved would be routine.