• Are 60 or over • Are registered as partially sighted or blind • Have been diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma • Are 40 or over and your mother, father, sibling or child has been diagnosed with glaucoma
of our community clinics. We come to you in your own home / care setting to provide check-ups or treatment. This is a referral only service which allows patients who are house bound to access dental care in their own care settings or home. Please note patients must meet domiciliary eligibility criteria i.e. unable to attend a clinic with or without support. This will be assessed prior to an appointment being offered. Oral health promotion – The team works with other organisations and aims to give communities joined up care for better oral health.
• Have been advised by an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) that you’re at risk of glaucoma • Are a prisoner on leave from prison • Are eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher – your optician can advise you about your entitlement You’re also entitled if you or your partner – including civil partner – receive, or you’re under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving: • Income Support • Income-based Employment and Support Allowance • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance • Pension Credit Guarantee Credit • Universal Credit and meet the criteria • If you’re entitled to or named on: a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate (if you do not have a certificate, you can show your award notice), you qualify if you get Child Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits with a disability element (or both), and have income for tax credit purposes of £15,276 or less; or a valid NHS certificate for full help with health costs (HC2) If you’re eligible for a free NHS sight test, you may also be entitled to a mobile sight test. This is when an optometrist comes to visit you: • At home – if you’re unable to leave home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability • At a residential or care home – if you’re a resident and unable to leave the home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability • At a day centre – if you cannot get a sight test at an optician’s practice because of physical or mental illness or disability, or have difficulties communicating your health needs unaided
Mobile services – we visit special needs students in schools.
West Northants Clinics:
Danetre Hospital, Dental Department, London Road, Daventry NN11 4DY
St James Clinic, 116 St James Road, Northampton NN5 5LQ
North Northants Clinics:
Isebrook Hospital, Castle Unit, Irthlingborough Road, Wellingborough NN8 1LP
Willowbrook Health Centre, Cottingham Road, Corby, NN17 2UR How to access this service: The team accepts referrals from dentists and GPs. Patients can self-refer, but only when they have found it hard to access regular services or have learning disabilities. Email your name, address, and phone number to Providerdental.northants@nhs.net or call 03000 274 836.
www.nhft.nhs.uk/dental/
www.nhft.nhs.uk/childrens-dental Opticians
Carers, and the people they care for, may be entitled to a free NHS sight test or a voucher to reduce the cost. You’re entitled to a free NHS sight test if you: • Are under 16 • Are 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education (this includes being taught full- time at a school, college, university or at home)
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