Stella Rees opticians

Enhanced eye examination

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Private fee       £40                              with NHS entitlement             £20

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Tests include:

Visual field analysis

Retinal images

I-care tonometry

Van Herick and anterior chamber assessment*

Slit lamp biomicroscopy*

Full refraction and oculomotor balance

In depth discussion of findings and prescription recommendations.

 

You will be entitled to £20 off any complete pair of spectacles purchased using the generated prescription

 

 

Free NHS sight test

We offer a free sight test under the NHS this will only include such tests as are deemed clinically necessary with no:

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Field test as routine
I-care tonometry
And no discount of any pair of specs purchased with the prescription

*where applicable

 

Recently both Stella and I have been busy getting further qualifications.

Mine are in the field of enhanced services, glaucoma and cataract refinement, red eye and sudden loss of vision to name but a few.

Unfortunately, the NHS make no provision to pay for these services.
In fact, a large part of the eye examination we have been providing under the NHS these last 30+ years is not covered by the very basic NHS fee we receive.

Also, none of the equipment we use is paid for in any way by the NHS fee

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Add in the cost of constantly maintaining and upgrading the equipment I use and it becomes no longer viable to provide for free the level of testing I personally would expect for myself if I were having my own eyes tested.

As the current model relies on the cost of spectacles to remain viable after a lot of thought and discussion, I have decided to change the way we charge for eye examinations and spectacles.

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From now on a full enhanced eye examination under NHS entitlement will cost £20 on top.

However, the resulting prescription will entitle you to a discount of £20 off any pair of spectacles.
What this means in practical terms is that anyone attending for a sight test with the view to having specs will get a better standard of test and end up no worse off.

 

A private eye examination for those without NHS entitlement for now will be £40 but with the same £20 off any pair of spectacles purchased.

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Anyone buying more than one pair of specs will be better off to the tune of £20 per pair.

The discount will last for two years or until another prescription is issued.