FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Getting Started

How does the new eye examination work? Go to answer...

Can I refuse the new contract and what are the implications? Go to answer...

Will there be any changes to the spectacle voucher value? Go to answer...

Why has the SGHD opted for increasing our role and fees? Go to answer...

What are the potential savings to the NHS, the SGHD and the public? Go to answer...

What is so different from the old GOS sight test? Go to answer...

I'm a practitioner in Edinburgh and I'd like to know whether the new NHS contract is applicable to prisoners too? Would the NHS regard examinations within the prison as a domiciliary exams? How much is it the fee for multiple exams for patients at the same address? Go to answer...

I hope to pass my final examinations this year. Will I qualify for a Competency Certificate? If so, how do I arrange to get it? Go to answer...

Do private examinations in Scotland count towards the patients' entitlement to their next NHS examination? Go to answer...

What do I do if coming to work in Scotland from abroad Go to answer...?

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Getteing Started :: Day to day management :: Completeing the form
Locums/Self-Employed/Optometrists/Registration
Primary or supplementary :: Problems/Concerns :: Referrals :: Referral Protocols