Our Services
Book your appointment today to experience our premium health services. Our expert team is dedicated to providing personalized care and ensuring your well-being with comprehensive evaluations and treatments.
We also offer NHS funded eye tests for those eligible. See: Free NHS eye tests and optical vouchers - NHS for further details
NHS Sight Test
Cost: £Free
If you’re:
under 16
60 or older,
16-18 in full time education
Diabetic
Have an immediate family member with glaucoma
Are on means-tested benefits such as those found at: Free NHS eye tests and optical vouchers - NHS
Then you’re eligible for a sight test paid for by the NHS. You might also be eligible for free spectacles: Free NHS eye tests and optical vouchers - NHS
This appointment will take approximately 20 minutes.
PEARS
£ Free
If you have a new problem with your eyes that’s occurred in the last four weeks Batley Eyecare is commissioned by the NHS to examine your eyes paid free of charge to you.
This covers conditions such as:
1) New flashes of light in your vision
2) New Floaters in your vision
3) Sudden loss of vision
4) Painful eyes
5) Sore eyes
6) Itchy eyes
7) Watery eyes
8) Sticky eyes
9) Red eyes
10) Many others: Please phone to enquire
This appointment takes approximately 20 minutes
Private Eye Examination
£35
A complete eye examination with one of our experienced optometrists. No trainee practicing on your eyes. Only performed by experienced professionals. The optometrist will examine the overall health of your eyes, measure your spectacle prescription and give you personal recommendations tailored to you.
This appointment will take approximately 25 minutes
£50
A private eye examination with the addition of Optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology including anterior eye OCT including ocular biometry. This is unique, locally, to Batley Eyecare and is essential for those who would like their eyes to remain healthy for longer.
The assessment will begin by taking detailed scans of the retina and optic nerve. These scans measure thicknesses of cells on the back of the eye that give insight into not only your eye, but also the health of your brain. At Batley Eyecare we also measure the thickness and depths of layers of the eyeball which can help us to predict your risk of developing eye problems later on in life. This, being unique to to the expertise of our optometrists.
We will then measure your spectacle prescription followed by a detailed assessment of your eyes under our microscope followed by our personal recommendation for your glasses and eye health.
This appointment will take approximately 30 minutes
Enhanced Private Eye Examination
Ocular hygienist and gland expression
These days the majority of us spend a significant proportion of our day focusing on computer screens. This allows for the build up of bacteria and debris around the margins of our eyelids.
In this appointment, Dr Swystun will first ask you to relax in our waiting area with your personal blephbag warm compress being applied over your eyelids. Next Dr Swystun will apply topical anesthetic (eye drop) and express the blocked glands contained within each eyelid. Finally, Dr Swystun will clean away the debris from your eyelids using mechanical cleaning with a NuLids device.
This is able to be booked after either an NHS sight test, or private eye examination. Our skilled optometrist will express the blocked glands of your eyelids and clean away the debris. Essential for those who spend times on computer screens or driving.
This can be booked as separate appointments:
1) Ocular Hygeinist: Eyelid cleaning similar to a dental hygeinist appointment: £35
2) Meibomium Gland Expression: £65
3) Ocular Hygeinist + Meiboium Gland Expression: £85
This appointment will take between 20 and 30 minutes
Raised pressure in the eye can lead to blindness if not adequately detected and subsequently treated. We all know that waiting for a hospital appointment can take much longer than you’d like and people can fall through the hospital system and not be seen for their appointments timely. Accordingly, private monitoring of your eyes with our glaucoma specialist optometrist Dr Swystun will help prevent you from losing vision due to your glaucoma or eye pressures.
Dr Swystun is an experienced glaucoma optometrist currently spending two days per week in York Hospital managing complex patients with glaucoma. At Batley Eyecare Dr Swystun will perform a detailed examination of your eyes including hospital standard Humphrey visual fields, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) scans of your optic nerves, assessment of your anterior chamber (where the pressure causing fluid drains from), dilated examination of the back of your eyes (optic nerve and retina) and everything in between. Dr Swystun is able to prescribe medication to manage your eye pressure allowing for the complete care of your eyes.
First visit: £150
Subsequent visits: £125.
Please note that you can also sign up to a standing order to help cover payments on a monthly basis. After your initial consultation we offer this service at £22 per calendar month which covers you upto 4 visits each year.
This appointment will take approximately 1 hour.
Private Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension Monitoring
1 Hour Consultation with Dr Swystun
Dr Alexander Swystun BSc (Hons), PhD, Prof Cert Med Ret, Prof Cert Glauc, Higher Cert Glauc, Dip Glauc, Dip TP (IP), MCOptom is one of the leading optometrists in England. Experienced across many areas of optometry including prescribing, glaucoma, medical retina and spectacle prescriptions, if you’re looking for the best care, then look no further.
He is one of less than 200 optometrists in the UK to hold both the College of Optometrists diplomas in independent prescribing and glaucoma. He is chairman of the local optical committee and is actively involved in shaping the future of eyecare within the region. Alex is well known amongst his peers and receives referrals from other opticians when they require help.
In this consultation, Dr Swystun will perform your complete eye examination including optical coherence tomography scans of the front and back of your eyes. We’ll perform a hospital grade visual field examination to be detect any early signs of ocular or neurological disease.
There is no rush with this appointment and your concerns about your eyes will be explored full ending in a written report of the health of your eyes. This appointment will last approximately an hour but you should expect to spend 90 minutes in the practice. Should we find any concerns with your eyes we can offer private management within the practice or direct referral into your local NHS hospital as per your wishes.
Cost: £125
Second opinions
Cost: £85
Have you had a consultation elsewhere that you were not quite comfortable about? Maybe you felt the test was a bit rushed, or the recommendation didn’t really answer the questions that you came in with?
At Batley Eyecare Dr Swystun offers second opinions. This begins by listening to your concerns, acting upon this, provide detailed examination of your eyes including hospital grade optical coherence tomography scans. This is then followed up with a written report explaining our findings and answering your questions. This appointment will take approximately 30 minutes
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