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NHS Vouchers for Spectacles & Contact Lenses

 

OPTICAL VOUCHERS

Maximum value per pair of glasses or contact lenses
Single vision A
£32.90
  B
£50.00
  C
£73.10
  D
£165.00
Bifocal E
£56.80
  F
£72.20
  G
£93.60
  H
£181.40
Hospital Eye Department I
£169.00
  J
(per lens) £48.00
Complex lens Single vision
£12.40
  Bifocal
£31.30

SUPPLEMENTS TO VOUCHERS

(where clinically necessary)
per lens
Prism P Single vision
£10.70
  P Bifocal
£12.80
Tint T Single vision
£3.60
  T Bifocal
£4.10
Photochromic*   Single vision
£3.60
    Other lenses
£4.10
     
per frame
Special frames    
up to £54.10
* Prescribed through Hospital Eye Departments only

Repairs / Replacements

If, exceptionally, you are entitled to a voucher for repair or replacement, its value will be up to the figures shown in this leaflet, depending on the part which needs replacing or repairing.

Last Updated 17/05/2005 and Due for review 01/05/2006
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