For the latest information, advice and updates, please visit our News page at https://www.loc-online.co.uk/hertfordshire-loc/news/
PCSE And GOS Voucher Information
- Voucher Values – April 2026, with thanks to ABDO
- Making Accurate Claims In England 2026
- Useful further information on PCSE and GOS submissions from LOCSU
- Updated Guidance on Small Glasses Supplement
- NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) short guide regarding GOS 4 pre-authorisation requests to repair or replace a patient’s glasses in England.
- Template for an Application for Second Voucher – to be emailed FROM A NHS.NET ADDRESS to your area team: hweicbhv.optical@nhs.net Further details can be found in “Making Accurate Claims”, above.
- NHS Advice to the public on help towards the cost of eye tests and vouchers
- PCSE advice and links, Ophthalmic payment advice from the PCSE including the submitting GOS forms and avoiding rejected claims
- PCSE Contact Form, Complaints and Enquiries form (phone number, address and complaint information is below the enquiry form on their page).
- Organisation search – find your ODS code
- DSPT Organisation Search – check the NHS record of your DSPT compliance.
Referral Advice and Contact Details
- E & N Herts (Lister) Urgent Eye Referral Form (To be printed, completed then scanned and emailed where possible)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital Eye Casualty Referral Form
- Stort Valley MECS Information
- Cataract referral advice for those practitioners using Addenbrooke’s
- Moorfields Referrals and Eye Casualty Map
- NHS Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) Cataract Surgery Information
- Wet AMD Referral Form
Princess Alexandra Hospital Referrals
We have been asked to remind practitioners that all routine referrals to the hospital should be sent to the patient’s GP in West Essex and East & North Herts, if the patient wants to be seen in PAH.
DO NOT send routine referrals to tpa-tr.ophthalmology@nhs.net This should only be used for urgent and emergency referrals once the Advice and Guidance received from one of the Hospital Consultants requests this information.
Routine referrals sent to this email address stop the patients who have urgent or emergency referrals from being triaged in a timely manner.
Domiciliary Guidance
The College’s guidance on Domiciliary Care can be found HERE.