§ 58. Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied that all opticians offer the full range of spectacle frames available under the National Health Service to clients.
§ Mr. MoyleThough their professional organisations have asked opticians to stock and display examples of the full range of NHS frames, I am not satisfied that that this advice is followed by all opticians. Following the recent Price Commission recommendation on this matter, I am discussing with the professional 411W organisations what further steps might be taken.
§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Reportthe full range of spectacle frame models available under the National Health Service, indicating the most popular types.
§ Mr. MoyleThe following is a list of the spectacle frames available under the general ophthalmic services:
CHILDREN'S FRAMES Frame No. Description Plain Nickel C 127 Pad bridge, short looped-end sides. Nickel Windsor C 223 Pad bridge, half-covered curl sides. C 227 Pad bridge, short looped-end sides. C 253 Pad bridge with additional bridge bar, half-covered curl sides. Plastics (Cellulose acetate) C 524 Pad bridge, with reinforced hockey-end sides. C 525 Strong pad bridge, with nickel super-comfort curl sides and rein-forced cellulose acetate butts. OTHER FRAMES Plain gold-filled 721 Half-eye, flat section eyewire, pad bridge, comfort cable curl sides. 722 Half-eye, flat section eye-wire, pad-bridge, Zylo-tipped hockey-end sides. Gold-filled Windsor 422 Pad bridge, Zylo-tipped hockey-end sides. 422 HJ Pad bridge, high joint, Zylo-tipped hockey-end sides. 423 Pad bridge, half-covered curl sides. 423 HJ Pad bridge, high joint, half-covered curl sides. Plastics (Cellulose acetate) 524 Pad bridge, with reinforced hockey-end sides. 525 Pad bridge, with gold-filled super-comfort curl sides and reinforced cellulose acetate butts. 614 Saddle, flush or inset bridge, with re-inforced hockey-end sides. 615 Saddle, flush or inset bridge, with gold-filled super-comfort curl sides and reinforced cellulose acetate butts. 814 Half-eye, regular bridge, with reinforce hockey-end sides. 824 Half-eye, pad bridge with reinforced hockey-end sides. Ninety per cent. of the National Health Service frames chosen are of type 524: most other frames are designed to meet special needs. The 524 frame was recently added to the children's range as the C524.
412WAll these frames are also available through the hospital eye service, which can also prescribe any other type of frame needed on clinical grounds.