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Seeability Report Delivering An Equal Right To Sight

EDM number 280 in 2016-17, proposed by Tom Brake on 04/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Health education and preventive medicine and Special educational needs.

That this House notes that people with learning disabilities experience alarmingly high levels of sight problems, but also unequal access to the eye care they need, leaving many with poor vision or even loss off sight; understands that working age adults with learning disabilities are not automatically entitled to an NHS-funded sight test, and many have to pay, unlike people in other high risk groups who are entitled to such a test; observes that the national fee structure and contract for NHS sight tests fails to reflect the need of people with learning disabilities who are likely to need additional time or appointments to complete a sight test; draws attention to NHS England's legal obligations in respect of reducing inequalities of access to health services; further notes NHS England's commitments to improve the health of people with learning disabilities and get serious about prevention; and further notes the recommendations in national charity SeeAbility's report, Delivering An Equal Right to Sight, which calls on NHS England to establish national pathways of eye care for people with learning disabilities, including for children in special schools, and for all working age adults with learning disabilities to be eligible for NHS-funded sight tests.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Spellar05/01/2016WarleyLabourSigned
Tom Brake04/07/2016Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley04/07/2016Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Alan Meale04/07/2016MansfieldLabourSeconded
David Simpson05/07/2016Upper BannDUPSeconded
Jim Shannon05/07/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Jim Cunningham05/07/2016Coventry SouthLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan05/07/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Paul Monaghan06/07/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ritchie06/07/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lady Hermon06/07/2016North DownIndependentSigned
Chris Stephens07/07/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams07/07/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds07/07/2016Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Roger Mullin12/07/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell13/07/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Catherine McKinnell19/07/2016Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell05/09/2016Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Margaret Hodge05/09/2016BarkingLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper05/09/2016West LancashireLabourSigned
Jim Dowd14/09/2016Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Kate Green12/10/2016Stretford and UrmstonLabourSigned
Julian Lewis24/10/2016New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Kate Hoey19/04/2017VauxhallLabourSigned

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