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Children’s Eyecare

At Urquharts, we love looking after a whole family, from the kids, right through to the grandparents. Not only does it help to build a really strong relationship, but it also helps us to understand the complete family history in relation to your eye health. Many of our team members have children and we really do love looking after them. We treat them as our own!

Children’s Eyecare

At Urquharts, we love looking after a whole family, from the kids, right through to the grandparents. Not only does it help to build a really strong relationship, but it also helps us to understand the complete family history in relation to your eye health. Many of our team members have children and we really do love looking after them. We treat them as our own!

Expert Eyecare for your little ones

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Our family, looking after your family

It might seem like we are stating the obvious but your child’s eyes are so important. We use our eyes constantly to observe, to learn, to interact and to grow into the people we become. Indeed, a staggering 80% of school learning traditionally comes from visual perception and so poor eyesight can have a significant impact on how your child learns and develops.

What can you expect?

Quite simply, the same level of care and attention as we would give to an adult getting an eye test.

While most children will have an eye test as part of their routine developmental checks, these tests are not as thorough as a full eye examination and should not act as a substitute. We would recommend that your child has an eye test before entering full-time education, meaning that any issues are identified early, ensuring the best possible opportunity for a fulfilling school life.

During the eye examination we’ll carry out many of the same tests as we do with adults. Our team of Optometrists has lots of experience of testing children and we will make sure that it is a fun and enjoyable experience, not just for the children, but also for their parents. Our aim is make our practice and people welcoming and friendly, ensuring there is no reason for any children not to want to have their eyes tested.

Making it fun, and simple!

We achieve this in a number of ways, first of all by making your child feel relaxed and then by explaining what we will be doing in the eye examination. Children’s eye tests are different from those of adults in that we use specially designed charts that allow children to recognise shapes and pictures, rather than traditional letters and numbers. This means there is no requirement to being able to read for an eye test.

Glasses for Children

It’s really important to us that we have a range of fashionable, yet affordable eyewear for children. We understand that children are often quite hard wearing on their frames and that they are more likely to be replaced regularly than adults. It is really important that a child’s glasses are fitted correctly and as such, only our fully qualified Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians are able to sign off the dispense of a child. This ensures that the sides and bridge of the frame all fit properly on your child.

In Scotland, children are entitled to lenses under the NHS. As such we provide a complimentary range of children’s and teen’s frames, as well as some paid for frames such as Ray Ban & Ted Baker.

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