Health services

Statistics that would no longer be published under the plan include the number of NHS-funded sight tests carried out each year and the number of ophthalmic practitioners

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

Plans to ease referral challenges in the wake of a veto on fax machines are set to be announced in January

The select committee responsible for overseeing government spending has slammed the contract as a rush to cut costs, “heedless” of the impact on staff

Whether or not GOS claims were appropriate will be assessed during a six-month trial in a sample of Wessex, West Yorkshire and Harrogate practices

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

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

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