Looking after your eyesight is an important part of your health and wellbeing.

Here's everything you need to know about your optical benefits.

The 20:20:20 rule

Keep blinking when using a screen to avoid dry eyes, and minimise glare from your monitor.

20

Minutes

After every 20 minutes on screen...
20

Metres

...look 20 metres away from your screen...
20

Seconds

...for at least 20 seconds

Your benefits at a glance

Sight test & spectacles

Employees only

Regular eyes tests can check your vision and also spot other health conditions including high blood pressure and diabetes. Visit any UK optician and submit your receipts via the My Healix app.

£125 per scheme year

Supplemental optical care

Healthcare trust members

Available if you've elected to be a Healix Health Healthcare Trust member. Covers glasses with prescribed lenses, prescribed contact lenses, and routine sight tests.

£ 200 per member, per scheme year

The table below sets out the optical care benefits available to you depending on your chosen cover:

How to claim

Step one

Visit any UK optician for your sight test and/or spectacles. Keep hold of all payment receipts.
Step two

Register for the My Healix app - search 'My Healix' in the App Store or Google Play.
Step three

Submit your reimbursement through the app by providing your claim details and receipts.

Frequently asked questions

Sight test - a full standard eye test with any UK optician. The cost will be deducted from your £125 limit if you also purchase spectacles.

Spectacles (single vision) - up to £125 for a basic pair of single-vision frames and lenses, or as a contribution towards any pair of glasses.

Multi-focal spectacles - up to £125 for basic bifocal or varifocal frames and lenses, or as part payment for any pair of glasses.
No - the sight test and spectacles reimbursement is intended for glasses only. However, if you're eligible for the supplemental optical care benefit, you can use that towards the cost of prescribed contact lenses.
After your eye examination, the optician will issue a 'Certificate of Recommendation' indicating a requirement for corrective glasses for VDU use or VDU and general use. You may be asked to provide this certificate as proof at any time.

The supplemental optical care benefit is available if you've elected to be a Healix Health Healthcare Trust member. After purchasing prescribed glasses, prescribed contact lenses, or attending a routine sight test, submit your receipts via the 'Make a claim' section of the Member Zone for reimbursement of up to £200 per member per scheme year.

Looking after your eyesight is an important part of your health and wellbeing.

The 20:20:20 rule

Sight test & spectacles

Supplemental optical care

How to claim

Step one

Step two

Step three

Frequently asked questions

What can I be reimbursed for?

Can I use the reimbursement for contact lenses?

How do I know if I'm entitled to a spectacles reimbursement?

How often can I receive an eye test?

How do I use my supplemental optical care benefit?

Where can I find the full details of my cover?