OPHTHALMOLOGY

Management of General Ophthalmic Services budget (12th January 2010)
This guidance explains arrangements for managing the General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) budget following the decision announced in the 2010 NHS Operating Framework that responsibility for budgetary management of GOS will be devolved to PCTs from 1 April 2010.
Guidance

STATISTICS

Social Housing Sales to sitting tenants, England, 2008-09 (27th August 2009)

NHS Cancer waiting times figures, April to June 2009 (28th August 2009)

NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting times figures, 31 July 2009 (28th August 2009)

NHS cancelled operations, quarter ending 30 June 2009 (14th August 2009)

General Ophthalmic Services: Activity Statistics for England and Wales, Year Ending 31st March 2009 (19th August 2009)

Trends in consultation rates in General Practice - 1995-2009 (2nd September 2009)

Infant and perinatal mortality 2008: health areas, England and Wales (2nd September 2009)

Critical Care Beds - England July 2009 (27th August 2009)

Population Estimations August 2009 (27th August 2009)

Birth Summary Tables, England and Wales - 2008 (final) (27th August 2009)

Direct Access Audiology Waiting Times - June 2009 (26th August 2009)

Health Statistics Quarterly - Autumn 2009 No. 43 (26th August 2009)

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2008 (26th August 2009)
Publication
Dataset

Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 - England and Wales, Q2 (26th August 2009)

Cancer incidence and mortality in the United Kingdom and constituent countries, 2004-2006 (26th August 2009)

Unexplained deaths in infancy, England and Wales, 2007 (26th August 2009)

Monthly digest of Statistics, August 2009 (25th August 2009)

Genito-Urinary Medicine Access Monthly Monitoring - June 2009 (20th August 2009)

NHS Stop Smoking Services in England - Annual Report (April 2008 to March 2009)

NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2008/09 (19th August 2009)

Provisional Clinical Dental Report - England and Wales: Quarter 3, 31 December 2008 - Experimental Statistics (19th August 2009)

Deaths involving MRSA: England and Wales, 2004-2008 (19th August 2009)

Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales 2004-2008 (19th August 2009)

Accident and Emergency Activity - Quarter ending June 2009 (14th August 2009)

NHS Referral to Treatment Waiting Times - June 2009 (13th August 2009)

Labour Market Statistics - August 2009 (12th August 2009)

Regional Labour Market Statistics - North West, August 2009 (12th August 2009)

NHS Immunisation Statistics England 2008-09 (3rd September 2009)

HEALTH SERVICES

Services for people with rheumatoid arthritis (15th July 2009)
Too many people with rheumatoid arthritis are not being diagnosed or treated quickly enough, and some services for people with the disease are not coordinated enough, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office. Delay in treatment is detrimental to patients’ health, their quality of life and, with three quarters of people of working age when diagnosed, the economy. The estimated cost to the economy of sick leave and work-related disability for people with rheumatoid arthritis is £1.8 billion a year.
Report

Improving Eye Health Services (17th July 2009)
This document is part of the ongoing Primary Care and Community Strategy to support the NHS in relation to World Class Commissioning and focuses on eye health services. It provides practical advice on how PCTs can: assess their current performance; identify their vision for the future and commission services that meet the needs of their local communities.
Guidance

STATISTICS

Statistics on Alcohol, England 2009 (20th May 2009)

Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2008 (21st May 2009)

Supporting people - quarterly client records and outcomes - April 2008 to March 2009 (22nd May 2009)

General Ophthalmic Services: Workforce Statistics for England and Wales, 31 December 2008 (21st May 2009)

NHS Dental Statistics for England - Quarter 3, 31 December 2008 (21st May 2009)

Quarterly population estimates (experimental) - Q1 2009 (20th May 2009)

GP Earnings and Expenses Enquiry 2006/07 - Final Report (19th May 2009)

Accident and Emergency Activity - Quarter ending March 2009 (15th May 2009)

Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted patient care and outpatient data, April - January 2008/09 (15th May 2009)

Elderly population across Europe past, present and future (19th May 2009)

OPHTHALMOLOGY

The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts (Payments) (No 4) Directions 2009, Directions under the National Health Service Act 1977 Schedule 12, paragraph 2 (1) and the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997, regulation 2 (1), and Directions under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 Schedule 2 Paragraph 6 (2) (31st March 2009)
These Directions are made in respect of increases to NHS sight test fees and optical voucher values from 1st April 2009.
Directions

OPHTHALMOLOGY

General Ophthalmic Services: payments to persons suspended from general ophthalmic services performers lists (15th January 2009)
The attached determination is to help primary care trusts calculate how much should be paid to persons suspended from ophthalmic performers lists.
Guidance

General Ophthalmic Services: increases to NHS sight test fee for the period 1 April 2008 and 31 July 2008 (20th January 2009)
Letter announcing the increase in fee for the NHS sight test and domicilliary sight testing allowances.
Letter

The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts (Payments) (No 3) Directions 2009 (21st January 2009)
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 120 of the National Health Service Act 2006(a), having consulted bodies appearing to him to be representative of persons to whose remuneration they relate, gives the following Directions.
Directions

OPHTHALMOLOGY

The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts (Payments) Directions 2008 (19th August 2008)
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 120 of the National Health Service Act 2006(a), having consulted bodies appearing to him to be representative of persons to whose remuneration they relate, gives the following Directions.
Directions

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Transitional arrangements in National Health Service (Performers Lists) Amendment Regulations 2008 (13th May 2008)
This document provides guidance on transitional provisions to introduce the General Ophthalmic Services Contract Regulations 2008 and the National Health Service (performers List) Amendment Regulations 2008.
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Guidance on Primary Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008 (13th May 2008)
This document provides guidance on Primary Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008.
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Guidance for Primary Care Trusts on ophthalmic performers list management (13th May 2008)
This document provides guidance and best practice advice to Primary Care Trusts on the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Amendment Regulations 2008. These regulations amend the National Health Service Performers Lists Regulations 2004 and introduce local performer lists for primary ophthalmic services.
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Guidance for Primary Care Trusts on General Ophthalmic Contracts (13th May 2008)
This document provides guidance on contracts for the provision of primary ophthalmic services which are being introduced to replace the ophthalmic list system.
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