Health services

Funding likely to be extended until 31 August, but limited to fixed practices that reach a minimum level of GOS1 activity

As negotiations for potential further funding continue, it has been agreed that previous levels of COVID-19 funding for GOS contractors in England will be extended until 31 July

No agreement has been reached around further financial support for practices after temporary funding measures ceased at the end of June

Leicester optometrists will provide a more limited range of services than the rest of England after a local lockdown was enforced

Routine private and NHS sight tests can now be offered by practices following an announcement from NHS England

Limited company directors, self-employed with profits over £50k and new starters have fallen through the Government safety net

AOP chief executive warns of “serious and lasting damage” if COVID-19 funding is cut

Optometrist David Barker tells OT  what the Big Picture remote referral system has meant for staff and patients at Rawlings Opticians

PCSE updates practitioners on its plans to move ophthalmic payments and the Performers List online in the coming month

“Many optical practices still rely on faxes to hospitals, or letters to overstretched GPs, to refer patients into secondary care”