NHS Entitlements and Examination Fees
NHS Entitlements
- NHS Sight Tests are available if you
- Are under 16, 16-18 in full time education or over 60
- Have diabetes or glaucoma
- Have a parent/sibling/child with glaucoma and you are over 40
- Receive income support, income based Job Seekers Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
- Have a HC2, HC3 or a NHS tax credit exemption certificate
- Have been prescribed ‘complex lenses’
- Are registered sight impaired (SI) or severely sight impaired (SSI)
- NHS Spectacle Vouchers
- available for some of the above groups including children and those receiving low income benefits – please ask for further information
Additional procedures
- Additional diagnostic tests may be recommended for NHS patients attending for a sight test if required
- Retinal Photography £ 35
- Visual Fields exam/analysis £ 40
- OCT Retinal Imaging/analysis £ 40
- Visual Fields and OCT Imaging at same visit £60
Private Fees
Private Fees will depend on the type of eye exam and diagnostic tests required
- General Eye-Sight Test £43
- with visual field exam/analysis £65
- with OCT Retinal Imaging/analysis £65
- with visual fields and OCT same visit £80
- Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) Exam £48
- with pupil dilation £60
- with photography £65
- with visual field or OCT imaging/analysis £73
- with visual fields and OCT imaging same visit £85
- Contact lens fees
- New evaluation and fitting (includes trial lenses/ teach / 2 month follow up) from £ 80 *
*depends on complexity of lens type
- New evaluation and fitting (includes trial lenses/ teach / 2 month follow up) from £ 80 *
- Contact Lens Exam Fees
- Contact lens check up and general eye-sight test £70
- Contact lens check up £48
- Contact Lens aftercare scheme – £96 per year or £8 direct debit per month
- Free check-ups and eye/sight exams
- Discount on lenses, solutions, additional tests, glasses, sunglasses
