Visual Impairment: Babies
Commons · Question 14125 · Tabled 13 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of new born babies losing their sight in one eye as a result of insufficient staffing levels at the hospital where they were born in each of the last five ye
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 Nov 2024
There has been no specific estimate made regarding the number of newborn babies losing their sight in one eye due to insufficient staffing levels. As per the National Health Service newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme, the v...