Regular Eye Examinations
Regular eye examinations should be a feature of your ongoing health care, not only to ensure the optimum possible level of vision and eye comfort, but because they provide a valuable opportunity for the early detection of eye and other health disorders.
Eye Examinations
Whether free on the NHS or paid for by you, we offer a full eye examination, which includes pressure test, field screening and other tests, depending on your age, general health and your lifestyle.
This examination includes identifying medical problems that can be discovered by an eye examination, such as Diabetes, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, High Blood Pressure and even cancer.
Eye Exams FREE on the NHS
Eye examinations are free on the NHS to the following groups of people;
- Over the age of 60
- Under 16 years of age or 16 – 18 years and in full time education
- Receiving Universal Credit or Income Support
- Receiving Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit)
- Receiving Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
- Receiving Tax Credits and named on a valid NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate
- Receiving Income related Employment and Support Allowance
- Are Registered on a Valid HC2 Certificate
- Are Registered Blind or Partially Sighted
- Suffer from Diabetes or Glaucoma
- Considered at risk of Glaucoma
- Over the age of 40 with close family who have had Glaucoma
- Are a prisoner on leave from Prison
- Have been prescribed complex lenses under the Optical Voucher Scheme
You are required to bring proof of your entitlement either when you book or when you come for your sight test.
Contact Lens Exams
Patients often wonder why the cost of a contact lens examination is greater than that of a regular eye exam. It’s because fitting patients with contact lenses involves several steps and additional time.
If you request contact lenses for the first time, you must have a thorough evaluation to make certain you are a good candidate for wearing contacts. You will be interviewed to determine your individual and personal vision goals. You may only want to wear contacts for sports once per week, or perhaps you’d like to wear them daily for reading and close-up tasks. Because there are so many lens choices, a good Optician will listen closely to your goals and choose the lens that best suits your lifestyle.
Children’s & Students Eye Examinations
We are passionate about screening young children as this is no longer done at most schools, for this reason we offer a full examination which is FREE under the NHS, plus a FREE range of spectacles up to £45.00, which is a greater value than the NHS offers.
In addition to that you can offset the sum of £45.00 against the cost of any spectacles in our practice, even top branded designer frames, this includes students who can show us a valid HC2 certificate.
EYE EXAMINATION PRICE GUIDE
Full Private Eye Examination
Whether free on the NHS or paid for by you, we offer a full eye examination, which includes pressure test, field screening and other tests, depending on your age, general health and your lifestyle.
£24.50
NHS Eye Examination
Eye examinations are free on the NHS if you qualify for this service.
Please note that you are required to bring proof of your entitlement either when you book or when you come for your sight test.
FREE OF CHARGE
Contact Lens Fitting Appointment
This appointment would be necessary if you have never been prescribed lenses by us before and are learning all about them for the first time.
£30.00
Contact Lens Check-up Appointment
This charge is applicable to current contact lens wearers who are just having a regular yearly check-up. There is no charge if you are registered under our contact lens direct debit scheme.
£25.00
Private Fields Screening and Pressures Check
If you are a non UK resident or you have been referred via private healthcare cover, we would assess peripheral vision and eye pressures during this appointment and refer any relevant results found back to your healthcare practitioner.
£20.00
Dry Eye Clinical Assessment
This thorough examination will assess the stability and makeup of the tear film and anterior surfaces of the eye and will help to clearly understand the reasons that your eyes are getting those dry and gritty sensations. For some this is uncomfortable and for others unbearable. We hope to assess and correctly help treat these conditions.
£35.00