UWE Bristol Eye Clinic

Sight test

• We offer free student-led eye examinations in term-time supervised by qualified and practising optometrists.
• An in-depth examination of your eyes is carried out to check your vision and to assess the health of your eyes.
• Optometrist-led eye examinations are available outside of term time charged at £25 for UWE Bristol staff and students (including an OCT scan) or £50 for non-UWE Bristol personnel.
• If patients require spectacles or new lenses, a prescription will be issued with the new specifications.
• Find out if you are entitled to a free NHS sight test. 

Spectacle dispensing

• We have a full range of frames for every budget, starting from £30 complete with lenses. A UWE Bristol staff and student discount of 20% off is available on spectacles costing £70 and above.
• Our designer brands start from £100 complete and include brands like Rayban, Polo Ralph Lauren, M by Missoni, Esprit, Elle and Fila.
• We have a full range of lenses including bifocals, occupational and varifocals options. All our lenses come with a hard coat. Anti-reflection coats, blue light filters, transitions, tints and polarisation can be added for all your daily, leisure, sport and computer needs. 
• Prescription safety eyewear, sports eyewear, swimming goggles and sunglasses are all available to order.

Contact lens fitting

• We offer free student-led contact lens consultation and aftercare examinations in term-time for new and existing wearers, supervised by qualified optometrists.
• Fully qualified optometrist-led eye assessments are available outside of term time, charged at £35 for initial fit or £20 for a check-up.
• A full range of contact lenses are available from most of the brand leaders, including daily, 2 weekly and monthly, silicone hydrogel, toric and multifocal, and gas permeable options.

Specialist clinics

Paediatric clinic

• UWE Bristol Eye Clinic provides specialist eye care for babies to 16-year-olds from the local community.
• UWE Bristol Eye Clinic is child and SEN-friendly, with a quiet children's waiting room separate to the main clinic, child-specific testing equipment and a dispensary with a full range of children’s frames, including Tomato, Centrostyle and Star-Fit for every age.
• Appointments are run by optometrists with a paediatric specialism and dispensed by our qualified dispensing optician team. During term time student optometrists observe these clinics.
• All children under 16 years old are covered for an NHS-funded assessment. If any spectacles are required, an NHS voucher is provided for either a complete pair or towards the cost of a pair, with a reduced fee top-up.
• We provide Myopia Management.

Binocular vision clinic

• The Eye Clinic can assess the binocular function of the eyes in adults within a student led private sight test appointment.
• Binocular Vision of children is assessed within the paediatric clinic.
• Please contact reception for details.

Low vision clinic

• The Low Vision clinic offers assessment and assistance to the visually impaired from the local community as an alternative or a compliment to the hospital eye service.
• We also welcome patients who have not been diagnosed with sight impairment but find their sight cannot be improved to their satisfaction with conventional spectacles or contact lenses. 
• Appointments are run by optometrists with a low vision specialism and observed by students. During term time there is no charge. Outside of term time, appointments are £35.
• UWE Bristol Eye Clinic has a range of low vision aids that can be demonstrated and purchased, and we can also help with signposting to any other relevant services.