5year old with damaged glasses please help

dawn_rose

thanks everyone i took dd after school today to specsavers she got her test done at the hospital last may after a school referal. We picked new frames and she had new lenses as well as she scratched the others had them fitted and told to come back in a hour so now shes the proud owner of new minnie mouse specs and feel epic (her words lol) didnt have to pay either so very pleased as at the moment cash is needing to go out left right and centre x

pigpen

GlasweJen wrote: »

If you get your child tested before their recall date you will be invoiced for the test plus a fine from the health board. That is what the form you sign at the test is all about.

Not usually the case in my experience... I've taken mine many times months before they were due a retest if they were experiencing headaches or complained their eyes were hurting or they were struggling to see the board at school etc. Not once have we been charged. 2 of mine are on 6 monthly testing at the moment (8 y/o and 2 y/o)

I think the shortest gap we had between tests was DD1 when about 9, she was on annual testing and I took her after 3 months and her prescription had changed quite a lot and she was having awful headaches, there was no way I could have left her a year.

GlasweJen

pigpen wrote: »

Not usually the case in my experience... I've taken mine many times months before they were due a retest if they were experiencing headaches or complained their eyes were hurting or they were struggling to see the board at school etc. Not once have we been charged. 2 of mine are on 6 monthly testing at the moment (8 y/o and 2 y/o)

I think the shortest gap we had between tests was DD1 when about 9, she was on annual testing and I took her after 3 months and her prescription had changed quite a lot and she was having awful headaches, there was no way I could have left her a year.

This is fine if the opticians can prove a "significant clinical change", with the new guidelines coming up (2 year recalls for everyone except people with diabetes and glaucoma family history) most opticians are backing off their tendency to test at the drop of a hat - sight tests used to be easy money but the amount of hoops we are having to jump through to prove clinical need are increasing and we haven't had a jump in the amount we can claim for these tests.

It's a sad road to go down, I have had 5 patients this year alone who have received bills from our local health board for claiming non clinical tests or having too many glasses replacements. All of the children affected are over 10 years old and to be honest they were mickey takers.

The one that was a sight test fine was mum got him tested at an opticians up the road 8 months ago, came to us 2 months ago and told us his last test was 2 years ago at the hospital, there was no change between our test and the other opticians test, mum just wanted a second opinion. She was charged for the sight test she had at ours (£37), the glasses we issued. (£56.40), a repair we made to the frame a few weeks later (£14) and a fine (£50) so it was an expensive mistake to make.

pigpen

that was a blatant lie though not a mistake.. I think they are right to fine in cases like that!

One of mine has diabetes so my lot should be fine then.. there has to be a perk to such a $h!tty illness