Patients
Information for Patients about OcuPlan premium eye-care

Test yourself for age-related macular degeneration at home
If you have AMD, a simple, daily routine that takes less than one minute can help you to monitor your vision.

The difference between opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
What is the difference between optometrists, opticians and ophthalmologists?

An OCT scan explained
An OCT scan is a vital technology that is used to analyse your eye health at a greater depth

What is a visual field test?
In many ways visual field defects are actually more likely to cause an accident than poor vision clarity of vision. Visual field tests measure your peripheral vision and can help monitor for glaucoma stability of progression

Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a long-term condition, which affects the central portion of the retina. Degeneration occurs in the central retina and this affects principally fine or reading vision.

I have ocular hypertension and glaucoma
Defining, monitoring and treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma with OcuPlan shared care.
OcuPlan for Self Funding Patients
Self-funding your eye care has traditionally been the best way to achieve the highest level of choice. However, it can be very expensive. OcuPlan tries to give you a similar degree of flexibility in choosing your eye consultant and helps to minimise the cost to you while maintaining the quality.
OcuPlan for Insured patients
For patients who currently have medical insurance policies that do not cover routine monitoring of their eye condition, OcuPlan helps to solve this problem. Quite commonly patients are diagnosed with a new medical eye problem and the initial consultations and investigations are covered by medical insurance policies. However, as soon