Community Urgent Eyecare Service

Symptoms including red eyes, flashes or floaters, sudden loss of vision or a foreign body in the eye can be seen under this service.

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Our Minor and Urgent Eye Care Services are NHS-funded services available at high street opticians across England.

Welcome to Primary Eyecare

Primary Eyecare provides NHS funded eye care services across large parts of England. The services are available from the majority of local opticians (also known as optometrists), from the smallest independent practice to the largest national chains.

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Community Urgent Eyecare Service

The Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) provides urgent assessment, treatment or referral for sudden onset eye problems such as flashes, floaters, vision loss or minor eye injuries.

Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

The Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) provides assessment and treatment for people with recently occurring minor eye problems. It is an NHS service provided by accredited optometrists (also commonly called opticians).

The Easy Eye Care Learning Disability Service

The Easy Eye Care service is for adults and children with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or autism who need more time or extra support when having an eye health check and sight examination.

Pre- and Post-operative Cataract Services

This service is for people who are considering having surgery to remove cataracts, and people who have had cataract surgery, to provide post-operative care.

Practice Guidance

Latest guidance for Optometry Practices.

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Find your nearest optometry practice providing the Minor and Urgent Eye Care services or the Easy Eye Care service for patients with learning disabilities or autism.