by Mark Davis Optician | Apr 27, 2021 | Eye Health
Can you hear me? – The Hearing Care Partnership It was over two years ago that I started upon the search to find an ethical hearing company that would be able to provide a good quality hearing service to my patients. This search was initiated by one of my patients who...
by Mark Davis Optician | Mar 31, 2021 | Eye Health
More than a year has passed the great lockdown of March 2020. At the time we all thought that it would be all over by July, how wrong we were. So much has changed in the world, the way that we look at the world is different, indeed the way we all behave has altered...
by Mark Davis Optician | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, Eye Health
“We choose to go to the Moon! We choose to go to the Moon, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” These words from John F. Kennedy in September 1962 still send shivers down my spine. As a 9 year old, they were very exciting, but really didn’t mean that...
by Mark Davis Optician | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog, Eye Health
Many people think sunglasses are fashion, great to look good in, easy to put on top of your head, almost disposable. That is if they are worn at all. This is a shame, almost a tragedy, because they should be so much more than that. I was sitting at Northampton...
by Mark Davis Optician | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Eye Health
What Is It? Blue light, unlike Ultra Violet (UV) light, is part of the visible light spectrum. As with all light, blue light is given out by the sun and has a range of benefits. It actually helps us with visual and contrast acuity and as with all light, it helps us...
by Mark Davis Optician | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog, Eye Health, Health
Recently something happened in my practice that reaffirmed why I am proud to be an independent optician, and why I am delighted that I am my own boss. One of my patients that I have known for many years (let’s call her Janet) phoned me up worried that her cataracts...