Time to eradicate rising eye care costs


Following National Eye Week questions are again rising as to whether or not the NHS are doing enough to encourage people to look after their eyes. Throughout national eye week (9th – 15th November) we were bombarded with news that three quarters of the people in the UK were putting a stop to eye care for the time being. In a country in which the recession is still leaving its trace, there is little wonder why people are putting-off excessive costs and unfortunately leaving their eyes untreated.

National Eye Week targeted the public, encouraging them to continue to pay for eye treatment by revealing frightening statistics and facts. The week also saw rise to companies such as Simplyhealth who began to promote their cash plans. The cash plans allow people to cover their eye care costs and the purchasing of glasses over a period of time. These initiatives were thought to be a good incentive for people to continue to have their eyes tested and so forth; urging people to confront the costs for the sake of their eyes.

However, with glasses, laser-eye surgery and so on becoming a highly marketed and expensive business, is it not time to say…enough is enough? The fashionableness of glasses or the desperation to rid oneself of glasses have been marketed to such an extreme that people are forking out hundreds and hundreds of pounds for their eyes. However, the true significance of eye care lays in the annual eye tests we should all have at least every two years. Therefore showing that the money for our eyes is being spent, but not in the right areas. Equally, the NHS is quick to state that we need to look after our eyes but are we really seeing any benefits from the NHS themselves? 

25th November 2009

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