Specsavers held a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons on December 5 calling for improved access to eye care, particularly for people experiencing homelessness.
MP for Battersea, Marsha de Cordova, hosted the event, where MPs, policy makers, charities and eye health sector representatives united in the shared mission to promote eye health equality.
Specsavers was calling for policy change to enable access for homeless people to NHS-funded sight tests and spectacles; NHS domiciliary care without the 48-hour pre-visit notification requirement plus free replacement of broken, lost or stolen NHS spectacles.
Dame Mary Perkins, co-founder of Specsavers and Patron for Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP), said it was important for the eye health sector to come together to improve care.
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