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Clinical Services - (Metropolitan)

Services by Eligibility

 ::  Department of Veteran's Affairs

If you hold a Department of Veterans' Affairs Gold or White Card in your own name, you are welcome to attend the Melbourne Optometry Clinic.

A referral or letter of introduction from your eyecare practitioner is required if you are under continuing or current eye care. In addition, all patients who have attended an optometrist in the last 2 years are requested to bring a letter of referral or introduction from that optometrist if appropriate.

Services

Eye Examinations

The Clinic provides primary optometry care through its General Clinic which is staffed by optometrists and optometry students under the supervision of registered optometrists. The costs of most optometry consultations are covered by Medicare. The Clinic bulk bills consultation fees and so normally no consultation fee is payable by the patient.

All aspects of your visual function are investigated including binocular vision, eye health and your spectacle prescription.

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Glasses

If you hold a gold Department of Veterans' Affairs card and meet the Department's requirement for the provision of spectacles, the Clinic can provide spectacles under standing arrangements with the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

A copy of any necessary prescription is available at the end of consultation.
Contact Lens Services Contact lenses may be supplied for patients who meet the Department of Veterans' Affairs criteria for the provision of contact lenses

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Disability Services

Services for people with intellectual, physical, sensory and/or multiple disabilities are available. These services can be provided at the main clinic in Carlton, or an off-site visit can be arranged through the Visiting Disability Service.

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Visual Functions Clinic You may be referred into the Visual Functions Clinic by your own eyecare practitioner or as a result of your eye examination in the Clinic. Specialist staff and equipment are used for specific assessment and opinions.

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Ocular Disease Services

Several clinics are available to manage the detection and monitoring of ocular diseases:

  • Glaucoma
  • Anterior Eye
  • Retina
  • Cataract
  • Diabetes

You may be referred into this clinic by your own eyecare practitioner or as a result of your eye examination in the Clinic.

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Low Vision Clinic Patients who have a loss of vision not correctable by spectacles or contact lenses may be helped at a Low Vision Clinic which can provide assessment and advice, as well as various forms of optical assistance to make the best use of remaining vision. Many low vision aids and lighting devices available at Low Vision Clinics can be funded by the Department of Veterans' Affairs up to certain level.

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Available Locations

These services are all available from the main Carlton site. To make an appointment you may

  • telephone 9349 7455 and ask for an appointment
  • call personally to make an appointment
  • write to request an application for an appointment

Your name will be added to our waiting list and an appointment will be posted to you.

General clinic services are also available at the regional clinic sites at Broadmeadows, East Preston, Doveton-Hallam, Braybrook and Frankston. Services are also available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service. If you wish to attend these sites, please contact the site directly to arrange an appointment.

 

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