Opticians focus on reopening
Opticians in Scarborough have started to safely open their doors to treat people most in need of help and advice.
Employees are wearing PPE and social distancing measures are in place at branches of eye specialists.
Vision Express in Westborough is open for emergency and essential eye work only. That is if glasses have been broken or for prescriptions for spectacles needed for work.
Pagan and McQuade, also in Westborough, is also seeing those in need of emergency work.
Specsavers, in Westborough, like the other specialists, has remained open for key workers and has also now opened up services for other essential work.
Opticians reopen More people can seek help as lockdown eases
A spokesman for Specsavers said it can now care for more priority customers face-to-face, in line with sector guidelines.
“Customers booking an appointment online will be contacted by their local store by phone to discuss their sight concerns and make sure that coming into store for a test is the best option for them.
“If significant and serious deterioration of vision has been experienced recently by anyone, Specsavers still recommends phoning a local store immediately as it may need a more urgent store visit to undertake testing and investigation.”
Optician customers wanting a routine eye test but not experiencing any changes to their sight currently will have to wait a little longer, as stores focus their attention on those with more immediate needs.
Clinical services director at Specsavers Giles Edmonds said: “During lockdown many of us have been spending more time looking at screens, reading, or