Welcome to our Ask the Optician service. If you have any questions on eye health, you can search through our Ask the Optician Q&A library. Or, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can ask one of our qualified optometrists. Click below to see our video introduction from optometrist Nigel Best.
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- Jill Campbell BSc(Hons) MCOptom
- Neil Constantine-Smith BSc (Hons) MCOptom
- Nicola Nisbet BSc (Hons) MCOptom DipOc
- Nigel Best BSc (Hons) MCOptom FBCLA FAAO
- Nigel Davidson BSc (Hons) MCOptom
- Paul Carroll BSc(Hons) MCOptom MBA
- Paul Morris BSc (Hons) Optometry MCOptom
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