Contact lens fitting and aftercare

During your contact lens fitting at Edwards and Walker, we’ll look at various things including corneal curvature, eye moisture, and lifestyle to prescribe contact lenses tailored to your needs. Precise fitting ensures comfort, proper vision correction, and reduces the risk of complications. After fitting, consistent aftercare is crucial. This includes regular check-ups to monitor eye health, wearing schedules, proper lens cleaning and storage techniques.

Minor eye conditions (MECs) service

Regular eye tests are hugely important in making sure your eyes are healthy. They’re also vital for detecting signs of any underlying conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and glaucoma, as well as many other conditions. 

At Edwards & Walker, our comprehensive eye test is designed to assess your vision and overall eye health, including checks for potential concerns. We offer free eye tests (funded by the NHS) and private eye tests, tailored to your needs and covering all aspects of your visual wellbeing.

Minor eye conditions (MECs) service

Regular eye tests are hugely important in making sure your eyes are healthy. They’re also vital for detecting signs of any underlying conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and glaucoma, as well as many other conditions. 

At Edwards & Walker, our comprehensive eye test is designed to assess your vision and overall eye health, including checks for potential concerns. We offer free eye tests (funded by the NHS) and private eye tests, tailored to your needs and covering all aspects of your visual wellbeing.

Foreign body removal

Foreign body removal is another NHS accredited service we’re able to provide. If a foreign body sticks to the surface of the cornea (for instance due to gardening or an injury at work), we can remove it after numbing the surface of the eye with an anaesthetic drop. If there’s any likelihood of infection, antibiotic drops and/or ointment may be prescribed.

Visual stress testing

‘Visual stress’ is often used to describe a sensitivity to visual patterns which can cause visual perceptual problems and may interfere with reading. Some people who suffer from visual stress find that their symptoms are alleviated by coloured filters, either in the form of coloured overlays or tinted lenses. Tinted lenses are normally only considered once an eye test has been performed, and any other potential causes of visual difficulty have been looked at.

Private patching

Patching is a treatment normally only carried out in hospitals, but one which we can now offer at Edwards and Walker. It’s used to treat children who may have reduced vision in one eye often referred to as amblyopia (or sometimes known as a ‘lazy eye’). There are two types of patches – those that can stick to the face and fabric patches that can slide over glasses.