Back in February we started on a journey with Public Health Wales to try and make the practice more environmentally friendly with there Greener Primary Care Award. As part of this work we have started collecting old glasses for Lions International. You can read more about there work here. Well in just 4 weeks we […]
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Quick break before training
Beautiful sunny day today and some great patients have made for a lovely day in Cwmbran today. Now time for a well earned coffee for our Optician Russell before he attends a training session tonight to refresh his skills and knowledge. All Optician’s, like many other healthcare professionals must do this sort of training each […]
Who needs staples?
Another small change for us in 2025 is the removal of staples from our patient report forms. After we visit a patient we print a note of the aids we have prescribed and any advice we give. The pages are then stapled together. Although small, we have replaced our stapler with a new staple free […]
A new life for old glasses
2025 has seen a large change for us and our business as we move to a more sustainable and greener operation. We are pleased to be able to offer a glasses recycling service, for all there old, unused glasses. When we visit, if a patient has any old specs they are not using, we will […]
Its the little things
As part of our commitment to sustainability and our environment we remove all packaging from the magnifiers, lamps and low vision aids we prescribe and recycle all the cardboard and soft plastic. This is especially helpful to some of the most vulnerable people we see as its one less thing for them to have to […]
What is a stand magnifier?
A stand magnifier is a magnifier that is designed to stand on the page being read, and not held up in the air. Around the lens there will be some sort of casing that will keep the lens at the optimum focus point from the page. To get the best out of one of these […]
Coming Soon!
We are busy working on content for our new TikTok and YouTube channel. We will be detailing some of the aids we can prescribe, talking abut some of eye conditions we come across on daily basis as well as shining a spot light on some of the other services we put our patients in touch […]
7 Years ago
7 years ago I was given the honour of receiving the Macular Society, Optician of the Year award. 7 years on its still one of my proudest moments of my career and has pride of place in my office. A lots changed since then, not least of these was me opening my own practice, South […]
Sunny Day in Blackwood
Another lovely September’s day here in South Wales. Made even better by being out in sun helping our patients make the most of their vision. Picture shows a fence in the foreground with a green field and Welsh hills in the distance
Macular Week 2024
Nearly 1.5m people in the UK have macular disease. It affects people of all ages. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common condition, generally affecting people over the age of 55. AMD is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, affecting more than 700,000 people. A group of rare inherited conditions called […]