The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013

Regulations 1(2), 9(4)(a), 10(2)(a) and 17(2)(b) and (3)(b)

SCHEDULE 1 E+W VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES—SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT

(1) Type of Optical Appliance	(2) Letter Code	(3) Face value of Voucher
1 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.	A	[F1 £39.10]
2 Glasses with single vision lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.	B	[F1 £59.30]
3 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres.	C	[F1 £86.90]
4 Glasses with single vision lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.	D	[F1 £196.00]
5 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.	E	[F1 £67.50]
6 Glasses with bifocal lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.	F	[F1 £85.60]
7 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres.	G	[F1 £111.20]
8 Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.	H	[F1 £215.50]
9 Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a sight test by an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust.	I	[F1 £200.80]
10 A contact lens for which a prescription is given in consequence of a sight test by an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust.	J	[F1 £57.00]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sums in Sch. 1 table substituted (1.4.2016) by The National Health Service (Charges and Payments) (Uprating, Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/325), regs. 1(2), 2(3) (with reg. 3)

For the purposes of this Schedule ––

(a) where an optical appliance has lenses described in different paragraphs in column 1, the face value of a voucher for the appliance must be determined according to whichever lens would provide the greater face value;

(b) subject to paragraph (c), where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the power of the lens must be determined according to the power of that segment of the lens designed to correct a defect in distant sight;

(c) where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the reading segment of which is more than 4 dioptres more powerful than the distance segment, the power of the lens must be determined according to the power of the reading segment; and

(d) a monocle must be treated as though it were glasses.