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What Does the
AOP
Do For Us?
Lynn Hansford
Chairman
Public Affairs Committee
The changing political
scene
• GOS Regulations
 Lists
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Performers
Assistants
Grandfathering
Criminal Records Bureau checks – CRB
 Practice Visits
• Terms of Service – TOS
• Post Payment Verification – PPV
• Clinical Governance
The changing political
scene
• Other organisations
 GOC
• Registration
• Fitness To Practice – FTP
• Contact lenses
 Primary Care Organisations
• Payment by Results – PbR
• Clinical governance
• National Service Frameworks – NSFs
The changing political
scene
Local Schemes
 Glaucoma screening
 Glaucoma monitoring
 Glaucoma shared care
 Cataract referral
 Cataract post-operative care
 LVA provision
 Diabetic screening
 Diabetic shared care
 Red eye (PEARS)
 Direct referral
Tools to help you
Website – www.assoc-optometrists.org
 Information
• Regulation
• Making Accurate Claims
 Guidance
• Domiciliary regs
• Locums
• PPV protocols
 Draft documents
• Model LOC constitution
 Templates
• Sample contracts
Co-operation
• Health Bill
 Lobbying Campaign
 Bosanquet reports
 Health select committee
• Eyecare Review
 England
 Wales
In Summary
• Support for practitioners
 As individuals
 Collectively
• The changing professional and
regulatory scene
• Working with others
Useful Contacts
• Richard Carswell
AOP Head of Public Affairs
[email protected]
• Patricia O’Sullivan
AOP Head of Primary Care
[email protected]
• David Craig
AOP Head of Communications
[email protected]
• Geoff Roberson
AOP Primary Care Advisor
[email protected]
• Fiona Mitchell
AOP Head of Legal Services
[email protected]