Eyecare For Children
We love seeing children and sight tests have no age limits. You can have an eye test without being able to read any letters.
Children under 19 & in full-time education are eligible for an NHS funded Sight Test. Spectacles can be subsidised for children under 19 & in full-time education.
We recommend that ALL children have an NHS Sight Test, before they start school.
Lazy eyes, colour deficiency, long-sightedness and astigmatism can easily go unnoticed. Remediation of any problems can make a big difference to education and vision in later life.
If your child has a family history of an eye condition, a check is a good way to be reassured. Children don’t know how the world should look and very rarely complain of not seeing well.
By primary school age this age most squints and congenital prescriptions, or obvious problems will have been detected.
- Learning to read and using smaller print sizes can reveal eye co-ordination and focusing problems that make learning difficult.
For teenagers and young drivers. We recommend a check-up before taking driving lessons. This is subsidised whilst under 19 and in full-time education.
- This is the age when short-sightedness can develop.
- The first sign can be difficulty seeing details on a white board or lettering on the TV.
- We provide great spectacles or contact lenses and can discuss several ways that might help to reduce the speed of any further change.
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