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Acute Community Eyecare Service (ACES), Ocular Hypertension Monitoring Service (OHT MS) and Intraocular Referral Refinement Service (IOPRRS)
- Published
- Published 7 May 2026
Overview
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board has awarded contracts for three eyecare services—Acute Community Eyecare Service (ACES), Ocular Hypertension Monitoring Service (OHT MS), and Intraocular Referral Refinement Service (IOPRRS)—to be provided by optometry providers across Somerset. The services aim to provide prompt access to eyecare closer to patients' homes. The contract was awarded on 26 April 2026 to 32 optometry providers including Boots Opticians, Specsavers, and independent optometrists across the region.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Contract signed
- Category
- Services
- Procedure
- Limited
- Published
- 7 May 2026
Ophthalmologist services
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £0
- Award date
- 26 April 2026
- Boots Opticians (Cheap St)
- Boots Opticians (High Street)
- Boots Opticians (Street)
- Boots Opticians (Wells)
- Boots Opticians (Yeovil)
- Cranmers Optometrists
- Crown Eyecare
- D J Bull Optometrist
- Earlam & Christopher
- Earlam & Christopher (Langport)
- East Quay Vision
- Eyetech Opticians (Frome)
- Eyetech Opticians (Street)
- Martock Opticians
- Millicans & Mansfield Opticians
- NK Opticians
- O'Toid Opticians
- Robert Frith Opticians (Yeovil)
- Robert Frith Optometrists (Castle Cary)
- Robert Frith Optometrists (Chard)
- Robert Frith Optometrists (Crewkerne)
- Sarah Gibson Optometrist
- Specsavers (Street)
- Specsavers (Wells)
- Specsavers Opticians (Bridgwater)
- Specsavers Opticians (Burnham-on-Sea)
- Specsavers Opticians (Chard)
- Specsavers Opticians (Frome)
- Specsavers Opticians (Minehead)
- Specsavers Opticians (Taunton)
- Specsavers Opticians (Yeovil)
- Stephen Beswetherick Opticians
- Turners: A Concept Eye Clinic
- Watson and Smith Opticians
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Contract
7 May 2026
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Contracting authority
NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
BuyerYeovil, United Kingdom
GB-NHS: QSL
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