Subject	Predicate	Object
MM55Fspd	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	oDWvy9uf
	answer has answering person	Neil John O'Brien
	answer text	<p>The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to ensure that children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism in special residential schools have access to sight checks in school. To fulfil that commitment, NHS England commenced a proof-of-concept programme in 2021, piloting sight testing and the dispensing of glasses in special schools.</p><p>NHS England are currently considering the independent evaluation of this programme and will set out next steps for how the eye care needs of people with learning disabilities should be commissioned shortly. Decisions about publication of data will be taken in due course.</p>
	answer given date	2023-05-22
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	MM55Fspd
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	MM55Fspd
oDWvy9uf	question has answer	MM55Fspd
Neil John O'Brien	answering person has answer	MM55Fspd