About HomeSight

Bringing essential care to people who can't easily come to us

We're a home-visiting team of opticians and audiologists, contracted with the NHS to provide free eye and hearing tests to people who find it difficult to visit a high-street practice — across Greater London, the Home Counties and the wider South East.

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Years caring for people at home

Since 2010

42,000+

Home visits completed

And counting

300+

Care-home partners

Across the South East

4.9 ★

Average rating

From 2,100+ patient reviews

Our story

Started by an optician who was tired of saying no.

In 2010, our founder Aarav Patel was an optician at a small high-street practice in Woodford Green. Week after week, family members came in asking the same question: "My mum can't get out of the house — can you come to us?" The answer was always no.

That year, he applied to become an NHS-contracted domiciliary provider and started visiting patients in their own homes — at first in his own car, with a folding chart and a borrowed retinoscope. Today, HomeSight is a team of forty clinicians and care coordinators serving Greater London, the Home Counties and the wider South East.

The mission hasn't changed. Essential care, delivered at the kitchen table, free at the point of use for those the NHS says qualify.

What we believe

A clear set of values that show up at every visit

We're a small team with a big remit. These four things matter more than anything else we do.

Same standard, every visit

A home test should be as thorough as a high-street test. We bring full clinical kit, the same testing protocol, and the same time per patient.

Patience above everything

Many of our patients have dementia, are anxious, or are hard of hearing. Our clinicians are trained to take the time it takes, with no clock-watching.

No hard sell — ever

If the existing glasses are still fine, we say so. If a hearing aid won't help, we say that too. We're a clinical service, not a sales operation.

A real person on the phone

No call queues, no chatbots. Speak to our care coordinators directly between 9 and 5, Monday to Friday.

Records that follow the patient

Test results, prescriptions and audiograms are shared with GPs and care-home staff at the patient's request — properly, on time, and securely.

Safeguarding-first

Every clinician is DBS-checked, identifiable on arrival, and trained on the Mental Capacity Act. Family members are welcome to be present at every step.

Our journey

Fifteen years of home visits

From a single optician's car to a forty-clinician team across the South East.

2010

First home visit

Aarav Patel begins delivering NHS-funded home eye tests across Redbridge and Waltham Forest, by referral from local GPs and sheltered-housing schemes.

2013

HomeSight Limited founded

The service is incorporated as HomeSight Limited, with a head office in Woodford Green and a team of four opticians.

2016

Audiology added

We expand into at-home hearing tests after our first NHS audiology contract — patients had been asking for years.

2019

Care-home programme launched

Dedicated care-home routine-visit programme begins, with thirty partner homes in the first year.

2022

South East expansion

Coverage extends across Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Essex. The team passes thirty clinicians and 30,000 lifetime home visits.

2026

Today

Forty clinicians, 300+ care-home partners, and a 4.9-star average rating from over 2,100 patient reviews.

The team

Friendly faces you'll see on the doorstep

Every clinician is GOC- or HCPC-registered, DBS-checked, and trained in dementia care and the Mental Capacity Act.

Founder & Clinical Director

Aarav Patel

BSc(Hons) Optometry · GOC 01-23456

Head of Audiology

Priya Okonkwo

MSc Audiology · HCPC HAS-15782

Senior Optometrist

James Mwangi

BSc(Hons) Optometry · IP-qualified

Care Coordination Lead

Eleanor Hughes

Manages bookings & care-home liaison

Audiologist

Sofia Kowalski

BSc Audiology · BSHAA member

Dispensing Optician

Rashid Hassan

FBDO · GOC 02-34567

Optometrist

Claire Thompson

BSc(Hons) Optometry · Glaucoma cert.

+33

Clinicians & coordinators

Plus thirty-three more

Spread across our service area

Eligibility

Do you qualify for NHS-funded home visits?

If any of the following apply, an at-home test is free at the point of use under the NHS sight-test and audiology schemes.

Physical disability or mobility difficulty

You're unable to leave your home unaccompanied.

Not sure?

Call us — our coordinators can check in two minutes.

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Ready to book a home visit?

Whether it's an eye test or a hearing check — for yourself, a loved one, friend or neighbour — HomeSight brings caring, professional clinicians to your door.

Book an appointment Call 0800 080 6095