# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997, Schedule 1: VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES—SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT


(1) Type of optical appliance
(2) Letter code
(3) Face value of voucher
1 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.
A
£28.70
2 Glasses with single vision lenses–
(a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power of less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.
B
£43.60
3 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres.
C
£59.40
4 Glasses with single vision lenses–
(a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power;
(b) of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.
D
£134.20
5 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.
E
£49.50
6 Glasses with bifocal lenses–
(a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.
F
£63.00
7 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;
G
£75.80
8 Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses–
(a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power;
(b) with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.
H
£147.50
9 Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an NHS trust.
I
£147.50
10 Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an NHS trust.
J
£42.00

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/818/schedule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997/schedule-1
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