FODO responds to NHS England plans to cut tariffs

FODO has responded to the consultation, highlighting the proposal’s inconsistency with NHS pricing rules and how it is laden with value judgements and fails to recognise the evidence for cataract surgery.

The FODO response recognises that tariff cuts might go ahead despite consultation feedback, so it asks NHS England to ring-fence any ‘savings’ to deliver the government’s shift from hospital to community, as opposed to paying for the unsustainable model of hospital care for routine follow-up work.