UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Thankyou Ali for this information.

It is shocking that my optician can get the costing SO very wrong. I will go back to them and see what their response is; somehow I think I may be in for a battle on this one!

Thank you Lizb.


Is there anyone that can recommend a good eye hospital in South lincolnshire/Peterborough or surrounding areas.

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Thank you, I will call the hospital tomorrow. But they have discharged me for now, so they may tell me go back through my GP.

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R Harvey

Thank you Andrew for the info. That is a massive difference in pricing between NHS and private! Should I be pushing my GP (who referred me the eye clinic at the hospital for diagnosis) for referral to another hospital that dispenses the lens. Or do I need to go back to the hospital clinic that gave ...

Thank you Anne for your reply. Leicester is a bit far, but if it will save me a bundle it would be an option. To correct myself, my private optician charges £50 per month for the So2clear lens on a monthly plan, this would give me 2 pairs per year. Or to pay for them outright it is £300 per pair or ...

Many thanks for the replies. I called the hospital today to query the prescription. The hospital does not dispense contact lens. Therefore the prescription was given to me to take to my private optician. The 'value' of the presciption is £50 per lens. My private optician charges either £50 per month...

I have just been formally diagnosed with Advanced KC. I did get checked for KC at the hospital about three yeasrs ago and was told that I 'might' have it. Since then my optician has been unsure whether I actually had it or not. Finally my GP referred me back to the hosiptal and they now say that I h...