National Eye Week 22-28 September

The fifth National Eye Health Week (NEHW) will take place between 22 – 28 September 2014 and eye care charities, organisations and health professionals from across the UK are joining together to promote the importance of eye health and the need for regular sight tests.

To promote NEHW, Radcliffe on Trent opticians practice Lesley Cree Opticians have decorated their shop window display in a Harvest Festival theme and are running a competition to encourage passers by to “Find the needles in a haystack”

Commenting, Lesley Cree said, “Our eye sight is by far the sense that most of us fear losing the most, yet many people do not look after their eyes and have not visited an optician to get their eyes checked in many years.”

Lesley hopes that by doing the shop window display and offering a deluxe Harvest hamper as a prize it will help draw attention to the need to have regular eye checks and that opticians can give advice on how to care for your eyesight that doesn’t necessarily mean wearing glasses.

The practice, which is based in Radcliffe on Trent recently achieved The Quality in Optometry Level Two Standard for Enhanced Services in the Community. It also appointed Ruth Bennett MSc. MCOptom, an accredited optometrist and former QMC senior optometrist and NHS England Inspector of practices.

 With Ruth onboard, Lesley Cree Opticians is now accredited to see patients that have been referred by their GP or other practices for further assessments of abnormal eye conditions such as glaucoma, raised intra-ocular pressure, cataracts, macular degeneration, dry eye and blepharitis.

Ruth will carry out eye examinations and other eye assessments, and advise on any ongoing treatment that may be required following diagnosis. The scheme means that patients are seen closer to home, in relaxed surroundings with minimal wait for appointments.