Guidance

NHS general ophthalmic service fees and optical voucher values from April 2023

Letter and directions setting out general ophthalmic services fees and optical voucher values from 1 April 2023.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 23 March 2023

Documents

Letter setting out general ophthalmic services fees from 1 April 2023

HTML

The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts (Payments) Directions 2023

PDF, 40.1 KB, 3 pages

The National Health Service (Charges for Optical Appliances) Directions 2023

PDF, 33.4 KB, 2 pages

The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts (Continuing Education and Training Allowances) Payments Directions 2023

PDF, 44.1 KB, 3 pages

Details

The letter provides guidance for:

• all staff dealing with general ophthalmic services
• optometrists
• ophthalmic medical practitioners
• the hospital eye service

It sets out:

• NHS sight test fees from 1 April 2023
• NHS optical voucher values from 1 April 2023
• hospital eye service charges from 1 April 2023
• continuing education and training payment for 2022, payable in 2023 with details of how to claim during the claim window 3 July to 2 November 2023
• the grant payable to supervisors of pre-registration trainees from 1 April 2023

Published 23 March 2023