04 April 2022
Optical voucher values from 1 April 2022
Please find below new voucher values:
Type of optical appliance |
Old value |
New value |
A. 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
|
£39.10 |
£39.90 |
B. 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
|
£59.30 |
£60.50 |
C. 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
|
£86.90 |
£88.60 |
D. 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
|
£196.00 |
£199.90 |
E. Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres
|
£67.50 |
£68.80 |
F. 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 of less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres
|
£85.60 |
£87.30 |
G. 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
|
£111.20 |
£113.40 |
H. 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
|
£215.50 |
£219.80 |
I. (HES) glasses not falling within any of paragraphs A to H for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an NHS Trust
|
£200.80 |
£204.80 |
J. Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequences of a sight test by an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust
|
£57.00 |
£58.15 |
Supplement and complex lens voucher values
Type |
Old value |
New value |
Prism (per lens) - single vision
|
£12.60 |
£12.85 |
Prism (per lens) - bifocal
|
£15.40 |
£15.70 |
Complex lens voucher - single vision
|
£14.60 |
£14.90 |
Complex lens voucher - bifocal
|
£37.40 |
£38.15 |
Tints/photochromic lens supplement (per lens) - single vision
|
£4.40 |
£4.50 |
Tints/photochromic lens supplement (per lens) - bifocal
|
£4.90 |
£5.00 |
Small glasses supplement
|
£64.20 |
£65.50 |
Supplement for special facial characteristics
|
£64.20 |
£65.50 |
New repair and replacement values from 1 April 2022
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
One lens
|
£12.40 |
£22.70 |
£36.75 |
£92.40 |
£26.85 |
£36.10 |
£ 49.15 |
£102.35 |
£94.85 |
Two lenses
|
£24.80 |
£45.40 |
£73.50 |
£184.80 |
£53.70 |
£72.20 |
£98.30 |
£204.70 |
£189.70 |
Front of frame
|
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
£12.70 |
Side of frame
|
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
Whole frame
|
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
£15.10 |
Note
Where the small glasses supplement or special facial characteristics supplement applies, the amount payable for repair of the:
- front of the frame is £58.15
- side of the frame is £31.40
- whole of the frame is £65.50
Where more than one repair is made to an optical appliance, the total paid must not exceed the aggregate of the amounts for replacing 2 lenses in the above schedule, and repairs to the part of the frame must not exceed £15.10.
Replacement - contact lenses
If only one of a pair of contact lenses is replaced the voucher value is £58.15. These provisions for contact lenses only apply to clinically necessary contact lenses prescribed by the HES or NHS Trust.
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