Given the importance of monitoring children’s eyesight, NHS funding is available for ALL children (and is not means tested). Children includes;
- All children under 16
- Children under 19 in full time education
At Thomas Carter Opticians, NHS funding will cover a comprehensive eye examination and retinal photography. This will involve a half hour consultation with the Optometrist (another word for Optician). It will allow for questions to be asked and will allow the child and /or parent to have a look at the retinal images (back of the eye).
NHS funding is also available for spectacles should they be needed. At Thomas Carter Opticians we provide a range of spectacles completely funded by the NHS. We also have some more fashionable/ designer glasses available for a small surcharge of twenty or forty five pounds.