Call for Community Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians with an Interest in Paediatric Dispensing Supporting Children Requiring Hospital Eye Service Spectacle Vouchers

The Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Optometry Unit is updating its list of community optical practices that are willing to provide specialist dispensing services for children with complex spectacle prescriptions.

As many of you will be aware, NUH no longer has an in-house dispensing service. We regularly see children who require specialist dispensing due to high or complex prescriptions and issue Hospital Eye Service (HES(P)) optical vouchers to contribute towards the cost of their spectacles.

We are looking to identify community Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians who have an interest and experience in paediatric dispensing and who are happy for their practice details to be shared with families attending the NUH Optometry Unit.

Children referred to these practices often require:

●        Careful frame selection to achieve an appropriate fit.

●        Accurate lens centration and dispensing.

●        Practical, comfortable and durable spectacles suitable for young children.

If you would like your practice to be included on the NUH list, or if you are already on the existing list and wish to confirm that your details remain current, we would be delighted to hear from you, ideally by the end of August. We intend to update the list annually.

Please provide

●        Practice name

●        Practice address

●        Contact name

●        Email address

●        Telephone number

●        Confirmation that you are happy for these details to be shared with parents/carers attending the NUH Optometry Unit.

If you have any questions or would like to be included, please contact:

Belinda Hughes at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Optometry Unit 

Email: belinda.hughes10@nhs.net

Telephone: 0115 9249924 ext 85128

Click here to view the current list of practices.