If you are having problems with your eyes, visiting an optician is often the best place to start.
Visual Impairment Support
Visual Impairment Support offered by Haringey Council.
Barnet Enfield Camden Haringey NHS Local Optical Committee
Eye problems support services.
The Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)
The Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) provides assessment and treatment for people with recently occurring minor eye problems.
It is an NHS service provided by accredited optometrists (also commonly called opticians).
The service is eligible for all patients:
- red eye or eyelids
- dry, gritty or uncomfortable eyes
- eye irritation and inflammation
- a lot of recent discharge from the eye or watery eye
- recently occurring flashes or floaters
- painful eye
- ingrowing eyelashes
- recent and sudden loss of vision
- foreign body in the eye