Home Opticians – highly experienced practitioners catering for patients who find it difficult to leave their homes.

Specialist eye care, delivered where it's needed most

Home Opticians brings expert NHS sight testing directly to people who cannot easily access a high street practice, with a particular passion for children and young people in special educational settings.

Wherever a child is happiest

Good vision shapes how a child learns and how any of us make sense of the world. For many people a routine sight test is out of reach. We bring the full sight test to them, in the place where they feel most comfortable.

No stressful journeys

The sight test comes to the child, so there is no travel, no waiting room and no upheaval to their day.

No unfamiliar clinics

Every test takes place in a room the child already knows, with the people who support them close by.

Expert, patient-centred care

Specialist clinicians who take the time each child needs, not the time a clinic appointment allows.

We have tested children on the floor, in a ball pit, on a swing.

What makes us different

Our heart is in special educational settings

Testing the eyes of a child with complex needs takes real expertise, endless patience and a deep understanding of how each child communicates. This is the work we care about most.

We come to the child: Every test happens in their own school, where they feel safe and are far more likely to engage.
We speak the child's language: We prepare before every visit and work with each child's own way of communicating, so no child meets a stranger who does not understand them.
We test at their pace: We pause, adapt and come back across visits, and never force a test at the expense of a child's wellbeing.
Glasses, from start to finish: We look after the whole journey: dispensing, fitting at school, repairs and follow-up.
Every specialist technique: From looking tests for non-verbal children to methods that need no spoken answer, including the most complex needs.

Learn more about our special schools service

NHS-commissioned sight testing in special educational settings across Greater Manchester

Home Opticians provides NHS-commissioned sight tests and glasses for children and young people in special educational settings across Greater Manchester, under contract with NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board. We were selected through a competitive process to deliver this service, reflecting our clinical expertise and our commitment to this area of care.

Wherever people are, we can be there too

Alongside our work in special schools, we deliver expert domiciliary eye care in other settings where access is a challenge.

Care homes

Compassionate, unhurried sight testing for older people and residents with dementia or complex health needs, delivered in the comfort of their own home.

Prison optometry

Reliable, secure, and professional eye care delivered within the custodial environment, supporting the health and dignity of people in prison.

Expertise you can trust

Clinician led care.

The vast majority of our sight tests are delivered personally by our Principal Optometrist, ensuring consistency, accountability, and a familiar face at every visit.

Two decades of experience.

We have spent two decades delivering eye care outside the traditional practice setting, refining our approach against some of the most complex clinical needs in the country.

A genuine specialism, not a sideline.

Domiciliary and specialist eye care is not something we do alongside a high street business. It is who we are and all we do.

Innovation with purpose.

We are constantly looking for better ways to deliver our service, from the technology we use to the way we report our findings, always with the patient's experience at the centre.

Let's talk

Whether you’re a school seeking a specialist eye care partner, a care home looking for reliable sight testing, a commissioner exploring provision, or a family with a question, we would love to hear from you.