We were delighted to meet with Daniel Achilles, Medical and Professional Affairs Advisor with Scope Eyecare and Healthcare at our London Skylight clinic, on a visit to see our work at first-hand and present a cheque on behalf of the Scope Community Foundation in support of our work.
VCHP was awarded £2000 from the Scope Community Fund at the start of the year to help us in our goal to help us reach our 20,000 patient since VCHP was set up, by helping to cover the costs of up to 100 sight tests this year. We estimate that administering a sight test through one of our clinic’s costs approximately £20 per patient (with rising costs this figure is now £25 per patient). For a third of our patients, we can claim the cost of this back from the NHS. For the two thirds who don’t qualify for free sight tests through the NHS we need to cover the costs of their sight tests by fundraising. The £2000 awarded has helped us provide our services across our network of 10 clinics.
For 2 years running Scope have also sponsored and taken part in the delivery of the student competition and fundraiser in aid of VCHP, ‘Out of the Box Optoversity Challenge’, with Daniel and colleagues facilitating sessions with the students in the competition. On hearing of our appeal Daniel asked Scope if they could support and on discovering that the company operated a Community Fund then supported VCHP in their application.
‘Founded in 2009, Scope is a family run business with a strong healthcare heritage and now operates in the UK, Ireland and the US. At Scope, we have made it our goal to constantly exceed the expectations of our healthcare partners, our patients, and our people by bringing them together to deliver extraordinary solutions and services that will help improve their well-being. We’re so happy to be able to support the amazing work that VCHP does and the impact they have on so many patients’ lives’ said Daniel.
Scope have also helped VCHP with several large donations of eyedrops for our clinics. Having these donations has meant that we are able to supply patients with a few bottles to take away and tell them to come back for more when needed.
