GOS/POS Regulations & Statutory Instruments

GOS/POS Regulations

Please click on the pdf documents at the end of this page to access a range of Statutory Instruments and regulations which you might find relevant .

GOS Contract Variations - Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 634

There are a number of minor, technical variations to the GOS contract which have been brought in via a recent Statutory Instrument S.I. 2010 No. 634 (see pdf at the bottom of this page). These changes bring the GOS Regulations into line with other primary healthcare legislation as regards patient preference of performer so there is nothing for contractors to be concerned about. The Department of Health have issued the contract variation notices to PCTs for them to implement. Although the changes are minor, any that affect contract compliance will be picked up in Quality in Optometry when NHS Primary Care Commissioning makes the necessary, corresponding amendments to the compliance visit pro-forma. Please click here for more details.

Equality Act 2010

For details of the Statutory Instruments that are linked to the new Equality Act 2010, which came into effect on 1st October, please click here and for an outline of what the Equality Act might mean to you please click here

Statutory Instruments

Please click here for a link to all published Statutory Instruments from 1987 onwards. Since June 2004 onwards an Explanatory Memorandum, setting out a brief statement of the purpose of an instrument and providing information about its policy objective and policy implications, has been produced to accompany any Statutory Instrument or Draft Statutory Instrument laid before Parliament. The aim is to publish these documents simultaneously with their publication in printed form.

To view Statutory Instruments that are relevant to the profession, go to the most recent Statutory Instrument listed in the pdf documents at the bottom of this page and work back using the amendment references in the footnotes for each SI.

General Optical Council (GOC) Regulations

Please click here to access the rules and regulations governing the GOC.

GOS Contract Compliance

Please click here for information on GOS contract compliance and supporting documentation