Eye Examination

• History and Symptoms
• Ophthalmoscopy (internal eye check)
• Refraction (checking your prescription)
• Intra-ocular pressures (checking eye pressure)
• OCT Scan (Recommended) Learn more about OCT scans
• Fields Test (if required)
• Results and Recommendations
• Referral for further investigation if required
• Nutritional advice for healthy eyes and tears

Our Optometrist will recommend any additional tests should they be required.

For some patients the NHS provide a routine eye examination once every two years, unless you have been advised by an Optometrist to have one more frequently or you are having visual symptoms. See below for eligibility.

• You are under 16
• You are 16,17 or 18 in full-time education
• You are 60 and over
• You are registered as sight impaired or seriously sight impaired
• You have been diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
• You are over 40 and your mother, father, sibling or child has been diagnosed with glaucoma
• You have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you’re at risk of glaucoma
• You are a prisoner on leave from prison
• You have a complex prescription
• You or your partner receives Income Support
• You or your partner receives Income- based Jobseekers Allowance
• You or your partner receives Income- based Employment and Support Allowance

• You or your partner receives Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
• You or your partner receives Tax Credits and are named on a valid NHS Tax Credit exemption certificate
• You or your partner receive Universal Credit
• You have a HC2 certificate