Preferred supplier arrangement - glasses

The Ministry of Social Development has a preferred supplier arrangement with selected optometrists and opticians to supply glasses to people in some urban areas.

If a client who resides in an urban area covered by a preferred supplier arrangement for glasses (optical goods and services) refuses to purchase from a preferred supplier, the application for a Recoverable Assistance Payment must be declined.

The preferred supplier arrangement includes the following goods and services in the purchase price:

Goods

• spectacle frames
• spectacle lenses
• ready to wear spectacles
• spectacle protection cases
• spectacle care products

Services

• eye examinations
• fitting of spectacle frames, spectacle lenses and ready to wear spectacles
• fitting of spectacle lenses to frames supplied by the purchaser
• adjustment of spectacle frames, spectacle lenses and ready to wear spectacles