Apply for Inclusion in the Ophthalmic List (Corporate Opticians)

1. Guidance

You must complete the BC1 application form if you wish to apply for an Ophthalmic Body Corporate (Corporate Optician) to be included in the Ophthalmic List.

We strongly recommend that you read the guidance notes before completing the application form.

The form can be downloaded in step 3 of the application process. It has been designed to be completed in word processing software before printing a copy to sign and submit.

Need Help?

Contact our Contracts Management team:

Email: nwssp-primarycareservices@wales.nhs.uk

2. Application

Please complete the BC1 application form, print and sign it, then submit it to the address shown on the form.

We strongly recommend that you read the guidance notes before completing the application form.

Thank you for using the online application process.

3. Survey

It is important to us to get your feedback on the application process so that we can improve our service.

Please take a moment to complete our questionnaire.

Thank you for using the online application process.

FAQs

How do I contact you?

You can contact us by phone, email or post. Visit our Contact Us page for further information

Why have we moved to automated prescription processing?

Automated processing allows us to improve the accuracy of reimbursement to contractors by reducing the potential for human error. Our accuracy rate has improved from 99.15% to 99.54% since the introduction of automated processing.

It also improves our efficiency, making a significant contribution to: -

Our ability to continue to reimburse contractors in accordance with SLA timescales in the face of ever increasing prescription volumes
Our ability to release funds to be reinvested in front line NHS services. We process 47% more prescription items with 53% fewer staff since the inception of our automation programme.

Medicines Use Review & Prescription Interventions - what is the difference?

A number of queries have been raised by pharmacists regarding the differentiation between MURs and prescription intervention MURs. To clarify the matter Welsh Government has confirmed that there is only one service (i.e. the MUR service) but the service may be prompted in different ways.

Regular MURs can be prompted pro-actively by identification of a certain group of patients that subsequently lead to an invitation for a Medicines Use Review.

A prescription intervention MUR is more reactive, in the sense that it is the response to a significant adherence problem with a person's medication that subsequently leads to an MUR being conducted. This is distinct from pharmacists making clinical interventions on prescriptions (e.g. where an interaction is identified and there is a need to get a prescription amended) which are required by the terms of service for all pharmacy contractors.

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