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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Northfield (Labour). It was answered by Baroness Hooper (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 1989.


Untitled Oral question

Question
What action HMG propose to take following findings of a survey financed by Dept of Health indicating that one in every 5 children who have prescribed spectacles had perfect eyesight & that cost of this over-prescribing to children is estimated at #5.4 million.

Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
513 c1116-7 
Session
1989-90
Oral question type
Lead
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Costs Eyesight Prescriptions Testing Spectacles University of Bristol
Contains statistics
Yes