Acute Community Eyecare Service (ACES) cover over festive holiday period
The Acute Community Eyecare Service (ACES) is a free service available to all patients registered with a Somerset GP. The service provides patients experiencing recently occurring medical eye conditions with appropriate treatment closer to home. The service is provided by local optometrists with the specialist knowledge and skills to carry out this work at a locally approved opticians. Patients can self-refer or if appropriate, can be signposted/referred to the service by primary care providers.
Please see this spreadsheet showing which optometric practices are providing ACES over the festive holiday period.
This information plus more details on the ACES service is available on our website here.