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Cardiff, CF24 3PA
Tel: (029) 2047 1010
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Corporate Privilage Card

To receive your FREE Corporate Privilege Card, just ask your company to enrol with Stewart Greenberg Opticians to undertake VDU/Safety eye tests and to supply their VDU and/or safety glasses - then all staff members and their immediate family will receive their Corporate Privilege Card entitling them to all kinds of exclusive discounts at any of our practices.

Call into any of our stores to apply and start making savings on eyecare for yourself and for your employees.

THE REGULATIONS ABOUT WORKING WITH VDU

The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 implement an EC Directive and came into effect from January 1993 (some small changes were made in 2002). The regulations require employers to minimise the risks in VDU work by ensuring that workplaces and jobs are well designed.

Who is affected ?

The Regulations apply where staff habitually use VDUs as a significant part of their normal work. Other people, who use VDUs only occasionally, are not covered by the requirements in the Regulations (apart from the workstation requirements). However, their employers still have general duties to protect them under other health and safety at work legislation.

Employees covered by the Regulations can ask their employer to provide and pay for an eye and eyesight test. This is a test by an optometrist. There is also an entitlement to further tests at regular intervals; the optometrist doing the first test can recommend when the next should be. Employers only have to pay for spectacles if special ones (for example, prescribed for the distance at which the screen is viewed) are needed and normal ones cannot be used.

What Stewart Greenberg Opticians can offer you

An easy and cost effective administratively simple eyecare package to deal with the Health & Safety legislation affecting VDU users employed by you.

Direct accountability to your company.

Qualified registered ophthalmic opticians and fully trained friendly staff.

Air- conditioned, spacious practices.

A wide choice of stylish frames.

In addition to you fulfilling the legislation you would also be giving a benefit to your staff at a very reasonable cost.

In addition, we offer a valuable eyecare package at discount prices in the form of our Corporate Privilege Card to all staff and their families, not only VDU users.

SAFETY EYEWEAR

What Stewart Greenberg Opticians can offer you

• An easy and cost effective administratively simple eyecare package to deal with the Safety legislation affecting workers employed by you
• Direct accountability to your company
• Qualified registered ophthalmic opticians and fully trained friendly staff
• Air-conditioned, spacious practices
• A wide choice of stylish frames
• In addition to your fulfilling the legislation you would also be giving a benefit to your staff at a very reasonable cost
• In addition, we offer a valuable eyecare package at discount prices in the form of our Corporate Privilege Card to all your staff and their families.

Eye Tests | OCT | NHS Information | New Wales Eye Care Services

Eye Tests

We recommend regular eye tests for all the family regardless of the need for vision correction.

Our Optometrists will be please to advise on how frequently you and your family should have your eyes tested.

This is usually between every one and two years.

To book an appointment use our online contact form.

What happens in an eye test?

Our eye examinations include a discussion about any history and symptoms you may have and a check of any glasses or contact lenses you may already be wearing.

Our opticians will also check your vision with and without lenses for near, far and intermediate distances.

They will assess the strength of each eye, and will check the eyes external and internal appearance to detect any early signs of conditions such as glaucoma or cataracts.

Our opticians will advise you if they have detected any problems and will also offer advice on the best type of lens frame or contact lens best suited to your needs.

Finally at the end of the eye test you will be handed a copy of your prescription.

Introduction of OCT (Ocular Coherence Tomography)

(At Wellfield Road Practice)

The health of your eyes matters to you, and it matters to us too; which is why we can now offer OCT scans to patients with our latest 3D OCT Topcon Maestro 2.

Seeing ‘Beneath’ the surface is essential to the health of your eyes.

3D OCT Screening diagnoses potentially serious conditions that can affect your eyesight and your overall well-being.

Ocular Coherence Tomography is an advanced eye scan for people of all ages.

OCT is analogous to ultrasound imaging, except that it uses light instead of sound. It illustrates the different layers that make up the back of the eye.

Seeing the different layers of the eye helps check for potentially serious conditions such as, Glaucoma, Diabetes, AMD, Vitreous detachments and more.

The OCT Machine captures both a fundus photograph and a cross sectional scan of the back of the eye at the same time.

For further information please phone our Wellfield Road Branch on 029 2047 1010.

Do my eyes need testing?

Most people who come to have their eyes tested are aware of the fact that they are having eye-related problems or just want a new pair of glasses or contact lenses.

Some problems include; inability to see at a certain distance, headaches, tiredness, family history of eye related problems, old age or difficulty with prolonged periods of VDU use.

Regardless of whether you are experiencing problems or not we would recommend that you should have an eye test every two years

Common eye problems

Early detection of potential eye problems, by the optician, can prevent greater problems developing and is essential in their correct treatment.

• Short sightedness (myopia) - means that the person can see things easier close up than far away. It is most commonly due to the eyeball being slightly longer than average.
• Long sightedness (hypermetropia) - means that the person has more difficulty seeing things close up than far away.
• Astigmatism - means that the curvature of the front clear surface of the eye is curved more steeply on one meridian than another i.e. like a rugby ball.
• Presbyopia (old sight) - means that the crystalline lens located within the eye becomes harder and heavier with age and loses its ability to focus on things close up.
• Cataract - is a condition where the crystalline lens becomes opaque. Early symptoms are increased glare and a reduction in the ability to see at distance. Nowadays cataract surgery is very successful and a clear plastic insert is used to replace the opaque material in the lens.
• Glaucoma - is a condition where the pressure inside the eye becomes raised, giving rise to pressure on the nerve fibres, which in turn can be destroyed causing a gradual reduction initially in the peripheral visual field. One eye is usually affected before the other and quite a lot of visual loss can occur before it is detected. It is important to have an eye test regularly, especially if you are over 40.

NHS Information

Who is entitled to a free test on the N.H.S?

• Under 16's
• Under 19's in full time education
• Over 60's
• People or their partners who are on Income Support, Disabled Person's Tax Credit, income based Job-seeker's Allowance, or Working Families' Tax Credit.
• Holders or their partners of an exemption certificate (HC2).
• People who require certain types of complex lenses.
• People who are diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma.
• People who are over 40 and have a brother, sister, child or parent with diagnosed glaucoma.

N.H.S. help with glasses

At Stewart Greenberg Opticians we have just the widest choice of glasses and if you qualify for an NHS Optical Voucher you can either simply put the voucher value towards your choice of glasses and pay the difference, or choose from our budget range and have them made for you free of charge.

Who is entitled to N.H.S voucher?

• Under 16's
• Under 19's in full time education
• People or their partners who are on Income Support, Disabled Person's Tax Credit, income based Job-seeker's Allowance, or Working Families' Tax Credit.
• Holders or their partners of an exemption certificate (HC2).
• People who require certain types of complex lenses.

To find out if you qualify for N.H.S. help with your glasses, ring N.H.S. Direct on 0845 46 47

New Wales Eye Care Service

As well as our full eye and contact lens examination, we can now offer the new extended eye health examination funded by the Welsh Assembly.

Wales Eye Care Services (WECS) FREE OF CHARGE

This examination replaces the previous WECE/PEARS examination.

If you have a sudden eye problem, for example a red eye, sudden floaters or a painful eye you may call into the practice and be seen by one of our WECS accredited optometrists.

You may also be referred by your general practitioner (GP).

If you are also in one of the following categories you will also be entitled to a FREE EXAMINATION ONCE A YEAR:

• Uniocular
• Hearing impaired
• Retinitis pigmentosa diagnosed by the hospital
• Dry macular degeneration which requires monitoring
• If you are from an ethnic background (e.g. Black, Caribbean, Asian)you may be at risk of an eye disease
• If your father, mother, sibling or child have diseases such as glaucoma, diabetes, macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, you may be at risk of eye disease due to the family history

This examination is funded by the Welsh Assembly

To book an appointment use our online contact form.

With the very latest advances in technology Stewart Greenberg Opticians are able to offer just about everybody the ultimate in contact lens comfort and convenience to suit their lifestyle and needs.

Contact Lens Aftercare

Regular aftercare is important to ensure healthy eyes and ongoing comfort of contact lenses.

To spread the cost of payment for ongoing supply of contact lenses and professional aftercare, Stewart Greenberg Opticians operate a number of simple and convenient Direct Debit schemes.

Patients who are on one of these schemes will be entitled to large discounts on various products. (Please ask instore for full details)

Add colour to your life

Special Offer

Monthly disposable coloured soft contact lenses:

• 1 pair £21
• 2 pairs £36
• 3 pairs £51

Limited Period only, an up to date prescription will be required. Fitting fee may be necessary,please ask in-store for further details.

WHY NOT TRY OUR FREE 30 DAY SOFT DISPOSABLE CONTACT LENS TRIAL.