NHS England has agreed to accept photocopies of scarce GOS forms as an interim measure

A National Audit Office report finds neither NHS England or Capita fully understood the complexity and variation of the service being outsourced

For the fourth month in a row, Primary Care Support England has confirmed that some contractors will be affected by late GOS payments

The NHS sight test fee will remain unchanged, although there will be a slight (1%) increase in CET fees and grants for pre-registration optometrists

Some GOS contractors will receive ad-hoc reimbursement to ensure that all payments are made by the end of March

How to pin down the gap between NHS reimbursement and the ‘true cost’ of a sight test? Optometrist Dr Neelam Patel started by crunching the numbers at the High Street practice where she worked. She shares her findings with OT 

OFNC chair, Trevor Warburton, talks with OT  about steps forward in a pioneering IT project

LOCSU and the Optical Confederation have criticised Capita’s continuity planning after widespread payment delays were attributed to “adverse weather”

Capita confirms that staff contacted 900 practitioners at the end of January to request further information

Primary Care Support England’s managing director, Paul Dawson, responded to practitioner queries at the National Optical Conference