View from AIO

Reform of the GOS fee is not something the Association of Independent Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians has given up on.

This is not about trying to effect any change that might put the national fee structure at risk (and potentially increasing dependency on CCGs for sight test funding as a direct or indirect result). It is about appropriate use of taxpayer money.

Simply put, AIO believes taxpayer’s money should not be used to fund ‘free’ eye tests. Our proposal, which we have presented to the Department of Health and Social Care, is that optical outlets should not be able to claim a GOS fee for any eye examination or sight test that exceeds any fee advertised or offered to the public by that outlet or associated group.