New home visits opticians service comes to Kent

A new home visits optician is now open for business in Kent, and is already busy getting out and about supporting local people with all their eye health needs.

Specsavers Home Visits is based in Maidstone, and offers free comprehensive eye tests at home and in care homes to anyone who is eligible

for an NHS eye test, and who cannot leave their house unaccompanied due to a physical or mental illness. People living in North West and

West Kent have been able to receive home visits from Specsavers before, but the new 13-strong-team, led by local partners, means that far more people than ever before now live in a postcode which means they

could be eligible to get an eye test at home for the first time.

This includes people living in Ashford and the surrounding area, and in

North East and East Kent, from Margate and Ramsgate to Folkestone

and Hythe and everywhere in-between.

The friendly home visits teams travel with a wide selection of glasses in lots of different styles and at different price points so patients have plenty of choice, and people pay the same prices they would in store.

Kalpesh Mistry, ophthalmic director and partner in the new business, says: “We’re delighted to be open for business. We know that there are a lot of people in Kent who may

well have been Specsavers customers in the past, but who sadly due to age or ill-health are no longer able

to get into their local store for an eye test or to choose new glasses if they need them.

“Our home eye tests are comprehensive and designed to make people feel comfortable and well

cared for. Eye tests are really important for everyone, but they take on a new dimension for people who are house-bound.

‘Imagine not being able to see well enough to watch television, or read, or even look out of the window at your garden or street. Having good

vision, or the right glasses, is also really important in preventing falls at home.

“And eye tests are not just about getting new glasses. Getting a regular eye test looks at the health of your eye, identifying conditions like glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, and can also provide a good indicator as to aspects of your general health.”

To find out more about Specsavers Home Visits, and to check eligibility, visit specsavers.co.uk/ home-eye-tests or call

01622 391167.