Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People

This Corrigendum Notice is published to communicate that NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) have awarded an Integrator contract to deliver the Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people through local accredited optometry practices, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This notice supersedes the previous notice published on 27 January 2026 in relation to NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award an Integrator contract to deliver the Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people through local accredited optometry practices, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Pursuant to the statutory changes effective from 1 April 2026, the commissioning responsibility for this service transferred from NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board to NHS Essex Integrated Care Board. Accordingly, the service constitutes an inherited commissioning arrangement arising directly from the organisational transition.