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2023/24

728,721

Patients
Seen

770,624

Episodes Completed

179,597

Referrals Managed

NHS Funded Eye Care

We provide NHS funded eye care services across large parts of England. The services are available from the majority of local opticians, from the smallest independent practice to the largest national chains.

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Learning Disability Week 2025: Making Eye Care More Inclusive

To mark Learning Disability Week 2025, Primary Eyecare Services is celebrating the success of its Easy Eye Care Service, developed with SeeAbility, to improve access to eye care for people with learning disabilities.

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Eye Problem?

Anyone experiencing pain, discomfort, redness, sudden changes, or flashes of light in their vision, among other symptoms, should contact their opticians.

Services

Primary Eyecare Services offers a range of specialist NHS eye care services, delivered by accredited optometrists, with appointments at locations and times convenient for you. Service availability is dependent on which services each NHS region has commissioned in their local area.

Cataract Services

Cataract Services

For people who are considering having surgery to remove cataracts and for people who have had cataract surgery.

Children’s Services

Children’s Services

Primary Eyecare recommend that children have their eyes tested from an early age with a complete eye test by a qualified optician.

Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)

Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)

Urgent assessment, treatment or referral for sudden onset eye problems or minor eye injuries.

Glaucoma Services

Glaucoma Services

Primary Eyecare Services’ Glaucoma Services include both referral filtering and disease monitoring.

Hypertension Case Finding Service

Hypertension Case Finding

A service that allows optometry practices to offer blood pressure checks to patients.

Learning Disabilities Easy Eye Care Service

Learning Disabilities Easy Eye Care

For adults and children with learning disabilities or autism who need extra support when having an eye care examinations.

Low Vision Service

Low Vision Service

This service aims to improve the quality of life for adults living with low vision.

Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

Assessment and treatment for people with recently occurring minor eye problems.

Referral management

Referral Management

The Primary Eyecare Services Referral Management Hub supports several bespoke services.

Retinal Diagnostics and Monitoring

Retinal Diagnostics and Monitoring

Medical retina is a subspecialty of ophthalmology focused on diagnosing and treating diseases of the retina.

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