Are you finding words appear jumbled on the page, or a little fuzzy around the edges? Are your perceiving colours differently? A free and simple ChromaGen™ colour blindness and dyslexia assessment at our practice could put your mind at rest.

ChromaGen™ is a unique system of coloured lenses of a specific density and hue that are worn as either contact lenses or spectacles. For people suffering from colour deficiency or ‘colour blindness’, ChromaGen™ haploscopic filters work by changing the wavelength of each colour going into one or both eyes, which enhances colour perception and colour discrimination.

The simple assessment and wearing ChromaGen lenses can:

• Rule out or help with colour blindness
• Help with dyslexia, dyspraxia, migraines, and glare reduction
• Assist with feeling comfortable reading from computer screens
• Flag up issues with tracking the position of words when reading
• Help notice when words are seen as ‘moving’ or having ‘fuzzy edges’ and ‘jumbling’ letters
• Spot when you might see 6 and 9 looking similar when reading
• Help you avoid missing words, loosing alignment, and having to use a ruler to keep position. 

The assessments are free of charge for children and adults of any age they will be carried out in the privacy of the examination room by trained ChromaGen staff.

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Winter can be tough on the body, so why not give yourself an MOT!

We offer:

• NHS and Private eye examinations
• Free hearing checks
• Professional footcare

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We can provide gift vouchers from just £10 for a practical Christmas present. These can be spent on eye care, sports eyewear, foot care, hearing services or contact lenses.

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At the Late Night Shopping Event, we will be supporting the charity Optometry Giving Sight. This is a fundraising initiative working with practices such as ourselves to help fund sustainable projects in the developing world through the training of local people and building of vision centres.

To date Optometry Giving Sight has funded projects in over 21 countries, trained over 2,200 local people to become eye care professionals and this has offered over 3.8 million people an eye examination and the spectacles they’ve needed.

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If you’re a contact lens wearer, have you tried Biotrue™ solution from lens specialists Bausch and Lomb? Biotrue matches the pH of healthy tears to make putting in your contact lenses more comfortable while protecting the health of your eyes.

We’re offering a free 60ml trial pack to introduce you to this new product – one application per person. (more…)

You’re entitled to a free NHS eye examination at the practice if you are:

• Under 16, or under 19 and in full time education
• Aged 60 or over
• Registered blind or partially sighted
• Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma
• Aged 40 or over with an immediate, direct relative with glaucoma, or you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma
• Prescribed a complex lens.

Following your eye examination, you can choose from our large choice of spectacle frames, lens and contact lens options, including classic single vision spectacle lenses starting from £36.20 (or free with NHS GOS3 voucher. Or there’s the Bifocal or Varifocal options from £62.70 (or free with NHS GOS3 voucher). 　

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Now that the sun is finally out, there’s no better way to protect your eyes from UV rays than to invest in a quality pair of sunglasses. Whether you need prescription or regular lenses, here at the practice we have a pair to suit every taste and all pockets.

We offer a wide variety of lens colours to suit different sports and activities, plus night glare reduction tints and coatings for driving when the sun is low on the horizon. Plus you can choose specialist wraparound frames.
We would like to invite you to come in and view our new collection of sunglasses with a glass of wine or orange juice at the 11th Buntingford Classic Car Show.

This annual event rolls into town on Saturday 3 September. With classic cars, trucks, tractors and bikes of all ages along our historic High Street, it’s sure to be a vibrant and colourful spectacle. Here at the practice we help with all the Buntingford Chamber of Commerce events and we’re especially looking forward to this one.

It’s a great day out for car enthusiasts and classic car owners, and with free admission, it’s the perfect day out for all the family.
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Oliver, Dispensing Optician; Gill, Resident Optometrist; and Practice Manager, James with the practice’s 7th year anniversary cake.

7th year Anniversarycelebrations on 1 August saw J. Oliver Radley Opticians on the High Street in Buntingford celebrate seven years of trading.　

Thank you to our team of staff for their hard work and to all of our customers for their support over the past seven years. And if you popped in to see us on the big day, we hope you enjoyed your slice of chocolate cake!

As your local Independent Opticians, we’re open to NHS and private patients. This year we’ve extended our full range of eyewear products from our budget collection of classically designed frames starting from £15 through to our customised Solid Gold range, and numerous designer brands.

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Did you know?

That in Hertfordshire, falls remain the greatest cause of lack of independence, and the associated need for residential care, in those aged over 65. So this year we’ll be supporting the NHS and AgeUK’s National Falls Awareness Week, 20-24 June. This year, the focus is Watch Your Step, and aims to tackle the link between reduced vision and falls. And we want tell our clients about the importance of regular eye-health checks, and how vital it is that you’re wearing the right spectacles.

There is an estimated 52,000 falls in older people in the country each year, but there is good evidence that early identification, such as a simple eye test, can help reduce this number.

If you think that yourself, or an older family member, would benefit for getting their prescription checked, we offer free eye examinations and eye health tests for the over 60s.

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Just to remind you that we’re open 9am until 5pm six days a week.

Eye examinations and contact lens appointments are available Monday to Saturday with either of our two experienced Optometrists, Gillian Bamford or Nigel Brown.

There is also free car parking on Saturdays and after 3pm every day in the public car park.