The National Health Service (Charges and Payments) (Uprating, Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016

Uprating and amendment of the 2013 Regulations

2.—(1) The 2013 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 20(1) (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£56.40” substitute “£57.00”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), for “£14.60” substitute “£14.80”.

(3) In Schedule 1(2) (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column (1) of the table below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (2) of the table below—

(1) Old amount	(2) New amount
£38.70	£39.10
£58.70	£59.30
£86.00	£86.90
£194.10	£196.00
£66.80	£67.50
£84.80	£85.60
£110.10	£111.20
£213.40	£215.50
£198.80	£200.80
£56.40	£57.00

(4) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£12.50” substitute “£12.60”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£15.20” substitute “£15.40”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£4.30” substitute “£4.40”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.80” substitute “£4.90”;

(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£63.60”, “£56.40” and “£30.50” respectively substitute “£64.20”, “£57.00” and “£30.80”;

(f) for paragraph 1(1)(f) substitute the following—

“(f) where the voucher is issued by a GOS contractor, an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust in respect of glasses, the frame of which is certified by the GOS contractor, the NHS trust or NHS foundation trust issuing that voucher as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the person’s facial characteristics—

(i) by £64.20 in the case of the supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame,

(ii) by £57.00 in the case of repair of the front of the frame; and

(iii) by £30.80 in the case of repair of a side of a frame.”;

(g) for paragraph 1(3) substitute the following—

“(3)   In sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) “GOS contractor” means a party to a general ophthalmic services contract within the meaning of section 117 of the 2006 Act, and

(ii) “necessary” in relation to a prism or a tinted or photochromic lens means that the prism, tint or photochromic quality has been prescribed on the basis of clinical need.”;

(h) in paragraph 2(a), for “£14.50” substitute “£14.60”; and

(i) in paragraph 2(b), for “£37.00” substitute “£37.40”.

(5) In Schedule 3(3) (voucher values - repair), for the table substitute—

(1) Nature of repair	(2) Letter of code-values
	A £	B £		C £	D £		E £	F £	G £	H £	I £
Repair or replacement of one lens	12.15	22.25		36.05	90.60		26.35	35.40	48.20	100.35	93.00
Repair or replacement of two lenses	24.30	44.50		72.10	181.20		52.70	70.80	96.40	200.70	186.00
Repair or replacement of: the front of a frame	12.45	12.45		12.45	12.45		12.45	12.45	12.45	12.45	12.45
a side of a frame	7.35	7.35		7.35	7.35		7.35	7.35	7.35	7.35	7.35
the whole of a frame	14.80	14.80		14.80	14.80		14.80	14.80	14.80	14.80	14.80

(1)

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2015/417.

(2)

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2015/417.

(3)

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2015/417.