Home Visiting Opticians

Free Eye Tests & Home Visiting Optician

What does it do?

We visit you or your loved ones at home, to carry out a Full Sight Test and Eye Health Check.

Who it is for?

Blink Eye Care provides Optician’s that visit you in the comfort of your home, if you are unable to attend a High Street Opticians.

Where it is available?

Regional service (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Greater London, Hertfordshire).

What it costs:

You may qualify for a FREE NHS eye test at home if you are unable to visit an optician unaccompanied due to physical or mental disability and you are:

• Aged 60 and over
• Registered blind or partially sighted
• Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma
• Considered to be at risk of glaucoma, as advised by an Optician
• Aged 40 or over with an immediate family member who has been diagnosed with glaucoma
• Receiving benefit (income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or pension credit guarantee credit)
• Entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate
• On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help) certificate
• Eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher

You may be entitled to FREE glasses or help towards your glasses if you are:
• Eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher
• Receiving income support
• Receiving income-based jobseeker’s allowance (not contribution-based)
• Receiving pension credit guarantee credit
• Receiving income-based employment and support allowance (not contribution-based)
• Entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate
• Named on a valid NHS certificate for HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help) certificate.

How to access or apply for it:

It’s simple, call us today on 0208 816 8549, alternatively email us on info@blinkeyecare.co.uk to request a home visit appointment.

The Optician will then arrange an appointment, to carry out a Sight Test and Eye Health Check.

Once this is completed you can then select your glasses, which will be delivered within two weeks. At delivery, we will fit your new glasses and provide you with your personalised Eyecare Report.

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Info last updated:

27/01/2017