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 chargeable diagnostic tests may be recommended for NHS patients attending for a sight test if required
- Retinal Photography £ 25
- Visual Fields Examination £ 35
- Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) £ 35
- 2 or more diagnostic tests at same visit £50
Private Fees
Private Fees will depend on the type of eye exam and diagnostic tests required
- Private Sight Test £40
- including dialtion/retinal photography £58/£62
- including visual field examination or OCT £65
- including all diagnostic tests £75
- Minor eye conditions consultation £48
- including pupil dilation for enhanced retinal exam £55
- including retinal photography £65
- including visual field examination or OCT £73
- including all diagnostic tests £85
- Contact lens fees
- New evaluation and fitting (includes trial lenses/ teach / 3 month follow up) from £ 80 *
*depends on complexity of lens type
- New evaluation and fitting (includes trial lenses/ teach / 3 month follow up) from £ 80 *
- Contact Lens Exam Fees
- Contact lens review and sight test £68
- Contact lens review/check up £45
- Additional diagnostic tests as above if required
- Contact Lens aftercare schemes – from £90 per year or £7.50 direct debit per month
- Free check-ups and eye/sight exams
- Discount on lenses, solutions, additional tests, glasses, sunglasses
