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- Summary
- NHS Sight Test Fee/Nhs Domiciliary Fee
- NHS Optical Voucher Values
- Hospital Eye Service Maximum Charge
- Payments For Continuing Education and Training
- Pre-Registration Training For Optometrists
- Annex A
I am writing to notify you of: 1. the NHS sight test fee and NHS domiciliary fees from 1 April 2022 2. optical voucher values from 1 April 2022 3. the hospital eye service (HES) charges from 1 April 2022 4. continuing education and training payment for 2021, payable in 2022 5. grant payable to supervisors of pre-registration trainees from 1 April 2...
Following consultation with representatives of the professions, the Secretary of State has determined that the NHS sight test fee should be increased to £22.14. For superannuation purposes please note that for ophthalmic medical practitioners the practice expense component of the sight test fee will be £5.62 from April 2021. The fees payable to GOS...
Please pay suppliers the increased voucher values in respect of all vouchers presented by patients on or after 1 April 2022. Please note that the statutory instrument (SI) increasing the value of vouchers and supplements has been laid and is available under SI number 221 (2022) for those of you who wish to hold a copy. A copy is available here: The...
From 1 April 2022 the hospital eye service maximum charges will be: 1. £71.40 for single vision lenses 2. £116.10 in any other case 3. £58.15 per contact lens The ‘NHS (charges for optical appliances) directions 2022’ are attached.
The payment for 2021, in respect of continuing education and training, undertaken by optometrists and ophthalmic medical practitioners, without another medical appointment (that is, who do no other remunerative work but the testing of sight), will increase to £596. Details of how to make a claim during the claim window, which will run from 1 July t...
From 1 April 2022 the allowance paid to supervisors of pre-registration trainees will increase to £3,837. Claims from trainers taking on pre-registration trainees on or after 1 April 2022 should be paid at this new rate. Yours faithfully, Sharon Egan Head of Dentistry and Eye Care Services
Note
1. Where the small glasses supplement or special facial characteristics supplement applies, the amount payable for repair of the: 1. front of the frame is £58.15 2. side of the frame is £31.40 3. whole of the frame is £65.50 1. Where more than one repair is made to an optical appliance, the total paid must not exceed the aggregate of the amounts for replacing 2 lenses in the above schedule, and repairs to the part of the frame must not exceed £15.10.
Replacement – contact lenses
If only one of a pair of contact lenses is replaced the voucher value is £58.15. These provisions for contact lenses only apply to clinically necessary contact lenses prescribed by the HESor NHS Trust.
The NHS Funding Guide outlines the sources of funding that contribute to the education and training of healthcare professional roles and should be a point of call for anyone wanting to know more about how healthcare education and training is financially supported.
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