Since 1 August 2008 the provision of General Ophthalmic Services in England has been subject to contracts between Primary Care Trusts and those providers , whether professionally qualified or lay, who have met certain criteria regarding premises, equipment, good character and so on. GOS sight tests are undertaken by optometrists and OMPs, who are now described and listed as performers by PCTs. Contracts can be for ‘mandatory services’ i.e. testing sight in a practice or for ‘additional services’ i.e. domiciliary testing.
NHS Primary Care Commissioning (PCC) - Model Application Forms for GOS
NHS Primary Care Commissioning (PCC) has revised the Section B declarations which form part of the model application forms for a new GOS contract. The revisions take account of changes introduced by the National Health Service (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Ophthalmic Services) Regulations which came into force on 1 April 2010 but they also make other relevant additions and amendments. PCTs are being advised to introduce the new forms as soon as possible.
The revised model forms have been produced in four variants for:
All the revised variants can be found by clicking http://www.pcc.nhs.uk/325
These model application forms and documentation may be used by PCTs. Follow the bulleted list from left to right to locate the appropriate document for each application.
