Guidance and regulation

Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) form and Referral of Vision Impairment (RVI) letter template for consultant ophthalmologists and hospital eye clinic staff.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 19 November 2018

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

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

• Letter setting out general ophthalmic services fees from 1 April 2023

  General ophthalmic services: NHS sight test fee, NHS optical voucher…

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 31 July 2014

Letter and directions setting out general ophthalmic services fees from April 2021.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 30 March 2021

Letter and directions setting out general ophthalmic services fees and optical voucher values from April 2022.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 31 March 2022

Letter and directions setting out general ophthalmic services fees, payments, optical voucher values and hospital eye service charges from 1 April 2024.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 26 March 2024

Report of an epidemiological assessment of eye health needs across 3 Local Eye Health Networks in the Central Midlands and North Midlands NHS England areas.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 15 May 2018

How to claim general ophthalmic service continuing and education payment for 2018, between 1 July and 31 October 2019.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 June 2019

Details of NHS general ophthalmic fees and optical voucher values for the financial year 2020 to 2021.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 6 April 2020

Details of NHS general ophthalmic fees and optical voucher values for the financial year 2018 to 2019.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 25 June 2018

Details of NHS general ophthalmic fees and optical voucher values for financial year 2017 to 2018.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 30 March 2017

NHS general ophthalmic fees and optical voucher values for the financial year 2016 to 2017.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 9 June 2016

Details of NHS general ophthalmic fees and optical voucher values for the financial year 2019 to 2020.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 June 2019