Nikki Gardiner, is celebrating her 20-year anniversary with Specsavers – from working weekends as an optical assistant, she joined the graduate programme – which let her choose the career she wanted. She’s now busy supporting | more
International Women’s Day – Donna and Emma share their story
Omagh born optometrist Donna Harbison and dispensing optician Emma Finn, originally from South Wales this year mark ten years of patient care at Specsavers in Omagh town centre. The hard-working duo look back at a | more
‘Don’t let glaucoma stop you’ says director with the disease
Pragna Raghwani, contact lens optician and director of Specsavers in Barnet shares her experience of her own eye disease this World Glaucoma Week. In 2010, after seven years of owning a Specsavers store, Pragna had some blurriness in her peripheral vision and immediately | more
Covid vaccinator role for optometrist
An optometrist with practices in Kirkintilloch is one of the many clinicians in the UK to have training to become a vaccinator in the fight against Covid-19
Patient choice in ophthalmology treatments
Tim Manners MRCGP, FRCOphth. In England, more than 20 years ago, NHS-funded surgical eye care was generally in the local general hospital. This meant sharing space with all the other hospital services, but at least | more
Using lockdown to study IP and MedRet
Porthcawl optometrist helps ease pressure on the NHS People in Porthcawl no longer need to visit their GP to get a prescription for eye medication, thanks to a local optometrist who has completed a postgraduate course in Independent Prescribing. Claire Edwards, store director at Specsavers in Porthcawl, completed | more
Lockdown ‘Open for Care’ communications win award
Specsavers marketing, PR and social media campaign in 2020 has won the ‘Best Proactive Healthcare/Pharma Comms during Covid-19’ award, in the annual PR Week Awards. The answer was the Open for Care programme. Specsavers created | more
The impact of poor vision on mental health
Families concerned about the mental health of elderly relatives in lockdown are being encouraged to check that worsening vision is not hampering their ability to cope while living alone. The call comes from optometrist Jason | more
Additional training on the early signs of brain tumours
610 Specsavers optometrists – qualified or in training – attended a lecture and discussion by Lorcan Butler of the Brain Tumour Charity on Monday 25 January and Wednesday 3 February. Lorcan, an optometrist and dispensing optician himself was the | more
Sight loss following tree-surgery fall
A 63-year-old man from Epping Forest, Essex has praised his optometrist after he identified signs of a serious eye condition and helped save him from potentially permanent sight loss during first lockdown. Retiree John Brotherton | more