Specsavers has launched Scotland’s first-ever country-wide domiciliary eye care service to be offered by a multiple.

Called ‘Specsavers at Home’, the service is being launched by
Specsavers Glasgow Trongate and Specsavers Highlands and Islands division following a pilot scheme last year. It will operate around Scotland to provide housebound patients, including elderly people, and those people with additional needs and those in residential care, with an eye examination in their own home, ‘using the latest domiciliary testing equipment’.

Dave Quigley, store director at Specsavers in Glasgow, said: “We’re really excited to bring this important service to patients.
Customer feedback enables us to continually improve our offering, and one of the key areas highlighted was the need for some sort of provision for those who can’t make it into their local opticians.

“The success of last year’s pilot domiciliary service ensured the viability of the initiative on a permanent basis. We can now provide the elderly and those with mobility problems with quality eye care in the comfort of their own home and safe in the knowledge that they are being cared for by a high street name which is familiar to everybody.”

Available to eligible patients who are unable to visit their optician without assistance, the service is to rolled out across Scotland shortly, and is currently available ‘in most areas’.

It will also offer hearing screening with access to Specsavers’ fully trained audiologists, said a Specsavers spokesman. “An optometrist will provide a comprehensive eye examination and if required, a trained optical assistant will help the patient choose from Specsavers’ range of frames and lenses. Spectacles will be adjusted to fit and posted to the patient when complete or delivered in person. Patients will be offered the same offers and discounts that apply in store. For eligible persons, the home visit and eye examination is free and a range of free spectacles is also available for those persons receiving the appropriate benefits.”

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