Guidance

Child vision screening

Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of child vision screening. Includes a service specification, competencies, leaflets and template letters.

Published 24 October 2017
Last updated 24 April 2019 — see all updates
From:
Public Health England

Documents

Service specification

Ref: PHE publications gateway number 2017493 HTML

Screening competencies

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Learning and assessment flowchart

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Teacher information (opt in)

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Teacher information (opt out)

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Screening pathway

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Parent leaflet

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Parent leaflet (print ready artwork)

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Letter 1: invite opt in

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Letter 2: invite opt out

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Letter 3: reduced vision suggested

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Letter 4: pass

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Letter 5: not screened

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Letter 6: unable to test

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Details

The UK National Screening Committee recommends vision screening for 4 to 5 year old children and local authorities are responsible for this as part of the healthy child programme.

Public Heath England has developed a set of national resources to support the commissioning and delivery of high-quality, consistent services.

These consist of:

The red text in the letter templates indicates the parts to complete or adapt locally.

Print ready artwork is provided for printing the parent leaflet.

Published 24 October 2017
Last updated 24 April 2019 + show all updates

  1. Added learning and assessment flowchart, and link to new e-learning module for child vision screeners.

  2. Removed reference to slips for parents to return in the teacher information sheets.

  3. First published.

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