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In line with the government reopening of retail shops in April 2021, we are pleased to say that we are able to offer routine appointments once again.

Due to a large backlog of reminder letters, we are significantly behind schedule with sending these out to you. There is no need to wait for this before contacting us to arrange your appointment. If you feel that you are having any difficulties, or if we have not seen you within the past 2 years – please contact our friendly reception staff on 01491 835466, who will be able to check your records and arrange for your next appointment to be scheduled into our diary, at the earliest opportunity.

Due to continuing social distancing restrictions, we are unable to see as many patients as we would under normal circumstances. So there may be a short wait for an available appointment.

Please continue to wear a mask when visiting the practice. When you arrive we may also ask you to wait outside for a short while, in order to manage the number of patients inside at any one time – arriving as close to your scheduled appointment time as possible, is a great way to reduce this.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon

We continue to invest in the latest technology, most recently purchasing an OCT scanner and camera.  OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) captures a 3D cross-sectional scan of the back of your eye as well as taking a high definition retinal image. This helps us to monitor and detect any changes and abnormalities, which may indicate early signs of disease, such as macular degeneration and glaucoma.

Private Eye Examinations
Standard – £42
Premium (Digital photography) – £54
Premium Plus (OCT & Digital photography) – £65

NHS Entitled Examinations
Standard – no charge
Premium (Digital photography) – £19
Premium Plus (OCT & Digital photography) – £35

Saturday 10th April 2021

Saturday 17th April 2021

Saturday 24th April 2021

When making an appointment please let us know if you prefer to attend on a weekend date.

This year’s Christmas Festival will take place on Sunday, 1st December, from 12.00pm until 5.00pm. Please visit Wallingford and join in all the fun activities of the day. Most of the town centre businesses will be open, including Patricia Hayselden and Partners (from 11.30pm – 4.30pm). Please call in to say Hello and join us for mince pies and Bucks Fizz.

Consider a new look for Christmas by selecting some new spectacles or trialling contact lenses.   For one day only, receive 20% discount on new frames.

We will be running a free prize draw throughout the day, to win a Christmas hamper. Simply call in to enter your name into the prize draw. Double your chances of winning by “Checking In” and “Liking Us” on Facebook while you are in the practice.

After 12 years with the practice, optometrist Nita Mahalingham has moved away from Oxfordshire, so will no longer be working with us. We wish her much happiness as her family begin a new life in Dubai.

We welcome Mri Bali to our practice, a full time optometrist with a specialism in Orthoptics.
We also welcome Jess Lunn who you will meet at reception.

World Sight Day is a national fundraising campaign to raise funds to assist with eye care in under developed countries. There are more than 600 million people in the world who are blind or visually impaired because they do not have access to eye examinations or glasses. The World Sight Day Challenge, which Patricia Hayselden and Partners is taking part in, aims to address avoidable blindness caused by uncorrected refractive error – simply the need for an eye exam and glasses.

During October, our practice is donating some of every eye examination fee (paid either by yourself or the NHS), to raise money for Optometry Giving Sight and Vision Aid Overseas – two charities working together, to help provide eye examinations and spectacles in developing countries.
Just £5 can help provide an eye examination and spectacles to those in need. We are aiming to help 200 people.

We know that preventable blindness is a solvable problem. That is why every contribution is meaningful and can help to transform a life. Last year, tens of thousands of children, women and men lost everything when tropical cyclone Yolanda smashed into the Philippines. The Optometry Giving Sight organisation helped more than 8000 people by providing them with glasses, restoring their eyesight and enabling them to rebuild.

If you feel able to make a personal donation, please call in and put money into the red collection tin at reception.

See Giving Sight and Vision Aid Overseas for more information

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Data Protection law is changing and we want to keep you up to date with the steps Patricia Hayselden and Partners are taking.

On the 25th May the General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR, comes into effect. GDPR imposes additional obligations on organisations and gives you extra rights around how your data is used.

We want you to know that Patricia Hayselden and Partners respects the information we hold on you and that we take the security of your information very seriously.

We have recently published an update to our Privacy Policy to give you more information on the data we hold on you, what we do with that data, who we share your data with and your new rights under GDPR

Our updated Privacy Notice is now on our website and can be viewed by clicking here

Twice as effective as standard reflection free lenses.

• Significantly less glare from oncoming vehicles, traffic and street lights
• Details exposed to glare can be seen better
• Improved colour and contrast perception

During the day, KODAK Lens performs as well as a standard reflection free lens, but at night the performance is improved twofold compared to the standard reflection free lens.
KODAK Drive Lenses are particularly suited to motorists as they offer significantly less glare from oncoming vehicle, traffic and street lights. Light sources are seen clearer and reflecting objects keep their sharp contours, meaning levels of glare are reduced.

We would like to welcome our newest team member Lauren, who has joined us as a customer service apprentice / trainee optical receptionist. Lauren is replacing Sally who has left us to pursue a new career with the emergency services. We wish Sally the best of luck.