Health services
The latest news about health services relating to eye care
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“Many optical practices still rely on faxes to hospitals, or letters to overstretched GPs, to refer patients into secondary care”
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Plans to ease referral challenges in the wake of a veto on fax machines are set to be announced in January
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The business, which is the second largest provider of cataract surgeries in the UK, has opened its ninth site
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The London Eye Diagnostic Centre moves to the Phoenix Hospital Group’s Harley Street facility
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For the fourth month in a row, Primary Care Support England has confirmed that some contractors will be affected by late GOS payments
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Some GOS contractors will receive ad-hoc reimbursement to ensure that all payments are made by the end of March
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LOCSU and the Optical Confederation have criticised Capita’s continuity planning after widespread payment delays were attributed to “adverse weather”
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Capita confirms that staff contacted 900 practitioners at the end of January to request further information
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Primary Care Support England has backtracked on a previous promise to process payments by the end of December