Home Visits
Eye examinations are especially important as we become older and to meet the needs of our housebound patients unable to attend the practice, we can offer a full domiciliary (home visiting) service.
We can offer eye examinations for patients in residential, sheltered and private
homes.
We will bring all the necessary equipment to carry out an eye examination including
a check on the general health of the eye and checking the eye pressure. We try to
provide a similar level of service to that you would receive in the practice.
We provide
a full dispensing service for those patients who require spectacles and we carry
a wide range of frames.
We can offer advice on the best type of lenses from simple
single vision to bifocals and varifocals. Plastic lenses can be coated to resist
scratches and tinted to relieve the glare. We can also repair broken spectacles.
At a later date we will deliver and fit any new glasses at no extra charge.
Details
of the visit are entered on our computer database and reminder letters are sent out
when the next examination is due.
Eligibility for Home Visits
NHS Home Visits
NHS home visits are free of charge.
To be eligible for an NHS home visit free of charge, the patient must be eligible for an NHS test (See NHS Entitlement section) and must have a medical reason for not being able to visit the practice.
Private Visits
Patients who are not entitled to a Free eye examination by the NHS
can still be visited but will be charged privately.