Low vision clinic near Ealing, Harrow & Wembley. Visual impairment and low vision affects a growing number of people in the community. This is partly due to an aging population and so low vision service are under increasing burden to provide low vision services in the hospital eye service. If you live in and around Ealing, Harrow & Wembley you will be near Ealing and Northwick Park hospitals where branches of Moorfields Eye Hospital exist […]
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According to a 2010 survey by Mintel, 1 in 5 adults admit to either rarely having an eye test or never having one at all. For many people an eye test can be a distraction; if you don’t think you need glasses then why bother going to see an optician? However, this doesn’t tell the full story and an eye test can reveal much more about your health than just your eyesight. An eye test […]
Most people value their vision over any other sense. About 80% of all the information from the world around us comes through our eyes so loosing it would impact our lives greatly. Unlike a toothache, problems in the eyes can go undetected and it can sometimes be too late to make things better. The sensitive nerves in the retina are made of the same stuff as brain cells. Once you loose them , they don’t […]
How would you know if your child had a vision problem? Children are not always able to communicate if they cannot see colours properly or if one eye is weaker than the other. Or even if they find it difficult to read due to their vision. Some of these problems can have an adverse effect on their schooling and even their choice of profession later in life. The good news is that all of these […]
NHS funded sight tests are available for the groups below. NHS contributions to spectacles are subject to receiving certain benefits. If you are on low income and are not in receipt of the benefits below, you can come to the practice and pick up a HC form to fill and send. 1. Aged 60 or over 2. Aged under 16 3. Aged 16,17 or 18 in full time education 4. Diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma […]