Boots sets out vision for children’s eye health

Boots Opticians has called on all sectors responsible for children’s health, education and sport to tackle undiagnosed vision problems experienced by schoolchildren in the UK.

The multiple’s vision for future children’s eye health has been published in green paper, Seeing the Future. Produced with input from notable sector experts such as Professor Maggie Woodhouse OBE, it outlined the fundamental need for broader action. It called on parliamentarians, policy-makers, commissioners and optical sector colleagues to work together to implement the recommendations.

Included among the recommendations were provisions for better education for parents and carers from local authorities and national bodies and changes to the NHS voucher system that would enable children and young people to access an increased range of optical appliances such as contact lenses and protective sports eyewear.