Optometry Scotland agrees supplementary examination fee increase

Optometry Scotland has negotiated an interim fee increase for its supplementary examinations for 2017/18.

The fee paid will increase from £21.50 to £24.50 backdated to April 1, 2017. CET allowance for board listed independent prescribing optometrists will rise to £817 compared with £545 for non-prescribers.

Cabinet secretary for health and sport Shona Robinson said: ‘This investment supports the recommendations of the recent Community Eyecare Review and is a clear demonstration to the optometry profession of the importance we place on their work as key providers of community healthcare.’

Scottish primary eye examinations start at £37 and increase for the over 60s to £45 with a digital photo and £40 without.