 | What does it do?Home Visiting Opticians & Audiologists providing a friendly, reliable, professional NHS & Private services in the comfort of your own home.
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Who it is for? To provide the service to those clients who unable to leave their homes without assistance. | Ethnic / cultural aspects: No specific ethnic or cultural group. | Where it is available? Local service covering: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire | What it costs: You qualify for a free NHS funded sight test if you are:
- Aged 60 or over
- Aged under 16
- Aged 16,17 or 18 in full time education
- Diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
- Considered to be at risk of glaucoma (as advised by an ophthalmologist)
- Aged 40 or over and the parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a person diagnosed with glaucoma
- Registered blind or partially sighted
- Eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher (your optician will advise on your entitlement)
- Claiming Benefit (Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income-based Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or receiving Tax Credits and meeting qualifying conditions)
- On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help) certificate
You may qualify for an NHS optical voucher to help with the cost of your spectacles or contact lenses if you are: claiming certain benefits or on a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help) certificate; eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher; aged under 16; or aged 16, 17 or 18 in full time education.
| How to access or apply for it: The first step is to call or email us to arrange your eye examination.
0800 240 4602
seeme@ccchealth.co.uk | What to expect then: The client's home is easily transformed into a consulting room, allowing our visiting Optometrist to perform a full and comprehensive eye test at home.
We carry out thorough eye health checks on all clients, including spectacle prescription, screening for Glaucoma, Cataract, Macular Degeneration, as well as systematic disorders such as Diabetes and blood pressure.
Our service includes;
- Conducting thorough and professional eye examinations, (free of charge for those clients who are eligible to an NHS eye examination)
- Providing a locally based so we can offer prompt and responsive service for eye testing
- We are registered with The General Optical Council (GOC) & The Association of Optometrists (AOP).
- We work closely with local GPs and eye clinics to provide direct referral schemes for Cataracts and Macular Degeneration, in areas where this is possible.
Complete Community Care uses latest optical equipment, allowing us to perform eye examinations to the same standard as you would expect in a high street practice.
| Additional information: Choosing your spectacles and the delivery process:
Working with you, we will ensure that appropriate spectacles are dispensed.
We provide a wide range of fashionable frames and lens for all budgets including a complete set covered by NHS voucher. We ensure that our extensive range are all very competitively priced.
We also encourage our clients to re-use their own frames.
We have an extensive range of lens available such as bifocal, varifocal, sun sensitive lens as well as exceptionally lightweight designs.
Aftercare
When the spectacles are ready, they are delivered to your home and they will be expertly fitted by one of our dispensing opticians or optical assistants. If you are using your own frame, we can return the frame within 24 hours.
We believe in providing a prompt, responsive and unlimited aftercare service to all our clients. | Useful downloads: Home Visiting Opticians | Classification(s): Care, Aids & equipment, Eye care, Hearing, Health & wellbeing, Services | Info last updated: 26/10/2012 . |
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