Enquiries
Please telephone ASE Corporate Eyecare Limited on 0844 800 4028 Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 5.00pm and on Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm. You can also contact customer services via email customer.services@eyemed.uk.
Eye Tests for Computer Work
Elligibility for eyecare
College employees who regularly work on a computer (typically for periods of 90 minutes or longer) are eligible to have a eye test carried out by an optician paid by their department as per the terms of the College Computer Health and Safety Policy and Computer Health Code of Practice.
You can have an eye test once every two years, or more often if the optician advises this is medically necessary. You may also be entitled to receive funded single vision spectacles solely and wholly for viewing Display screen equipment, providing you have a specific intermediate prescription for DSE.
Eyecare vouchers are provided to staff who are considered computer users as defined by the Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992. If an individual needs corrective lenses solely for computer use these are provided with a basic frame, there is no legal requirement for an employer to provide corrective lenses for reading or to provide varifocal lenses for people who require different prescriptions.
Single vision spectacles will only be dispensed where they can be used solely and wholly for DSE use. If your prescription is not solely an intermediate prescription for viewing Display screen equipment and it can be used to perform other task such as reading or looking at a work board/colleague, you will not be entitled to receive spectacles. If you are not entitled to receive single vision spectacles you are still able to purchase spectacles for your requirement, privately, through the examining optician and will receive a discount.
How to get your eyes tested
- Check with your manager, departmental administrator or finance officer which departmental account code the test should be charged to
- Submit your application via the EyecarePlans Gateway
- Within the voucher application you will be able to see a list of your local Network Opticians on the interactive map
Other Eyecare
College employees are entitled to free prescription safety spectacles paid for by their department if:
- The staff member requires spectacles to achieve good vision or
- The staff member is exposed to risk of low-impact eye injury or incidental chemical splash. Note that goggles should be worn in preference to safety glasses for work with abrasive wheels, cutting discs, chiselling or other tasks posing risk of high impact injury, or when handling large quantities of chemicals.
How to obtain safety spectacles
- Check with your manager, departmental administrator or finance officer which departmental account code the test should be charged to.
- Submit your application via the EyecarePlans Gateway
- Upon receipt of your eyecare voucher, arrange an appointment with a participating optician.
Validity
- Please note that the vouchers are valid for 90 days. Once the voucher has expired it can not be extended so please only apply for the voucher if you intend to use it within the 90 day validity period. Any subsequent voucher requests within the 2 year time period will be automatically rejected.
Price List
| Goods and Services | |
|---|---|
| Eye and Eyesight test inclusive of DSE Spectacles where applicable (standard optical plastic CR39 basic lenses). | £25 + VAT |
| Prescription Protective Safety Spectacles (frame with side shields glazed complete with below prescription lenses) Single vision Bifocal Varifocal |
£69 + VAT |
| Driver Eye and Eyesight test inclusive of Spectacles where applicable | £49 |
