CET Funding- Scotland and Wales claim forms issued
The Scottish Executive and the Wales Assembly Government have issued claim forms for optometrists in Scotland and Wales respectively to claim their CET funding for 2006.
Claims must be made by 31 October 2007 - late claims will not be accepted.
The payment in respect of CET undertaken in the year to 31 December 2006 is £436.
The payment is due to -
(a) optometrists, other than a corporate optician; and
(b) ophthalmic medical practitioners, who conduct only sight tests and have no other remunerated medical employment (such as hospital work or general practice), who were on an ophthalmic list of a NHS Board or Local Health Board, or assisted a contractor in the provision of General Ophthalmic Services, for at least six months in the relevant year and have maintained their professional registration.
In other words, to claim you must be an optometrist who has provided GOS for at least six months in 2006 and who carried out CET during 2006. That CET must have been GOC approved but there is no requirement for it to have been paid CET. The CET funding is for your time, not for the cost of the CET. The payment is for having undertaken appropriate continuing education and training.
CET Funding in England
The deadline for optometrists in England claiming CET undertaken in the year to 31 December is 31 August 2007.
The payment in respect of CET undertaken in the year to 31 December 2006 is £436.
