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21 April 2008

2008 Optician awards winners

Healthy Sight Practice of the Year Award sponsored by Transitions

Winner: Boots Opticians, Edinburgh, Gyle

● Parley Optometrists, Ferndown

● Portland Eyecare, Birmingham

● McGonigle Opticians, Co Derry

● Boots Opticians, Plymouth

Independent Practice Website of the Year

Winner: Turners Optometrists, Bridgwater

● Waltham Abbey Opticians, Essex

● Christopher Nixon Optometrists, Harrogate

● SASK Optics, Leicester

● Jones & Hoyland Opticians, Lanarkshire

● Aaron Optometrists, Ashington

● A View, London

The Business Initiative Award

Winner: BBR Optometry, Hereford

● Specslab.co.uk, Herts

● Patrick and Menzies, Essex

● David Spicer Optometrists, Oxford

● Pagan & Mcquade opticians, Scarborough

Fashion Frames Practice of the Year sponsored by Luxottica

Winner: The Eye Academy, Guildford

● Kate Hattersley Opticians, Coventry

● Weston Opticians, Basildon

● Goodlooking Optics, Enfield

● Santro & Peche Opticians, London

The Software Practice of the Year Award is supported by See 20/20

Winner: McShaw Optometrists, Devon

● David Spicer Optometrists

● Corry & Christie Optometrists, Aberdeen

● David Burghardt Vision Care, Lincoln

● The Outside Clinic, Swindon

Contact Lens Practice of the Year sponsored by CIBA Vision

Winner: AJ Elder Smith, North Yorkshire

● Boots Opticians, Reading

● First Contact Opticians, Pinner

● Boots Opticians, Glasgow

The Technology Practice of the Year Awards is again sponsored by Grafton Optical and its technology partners Paradigm and Eyescape

Winner: Parley Optometrists, Ferndown

● Classic Eyes, Bournemouth

● Kings Cross Eye Clinic, London

● John Rose Eyecare, Kingston upon Thames

● Buchanan Optometrists, Snodland, Kent

Optical Product of the Year

Winner: TD Tom Davies, Tom Davies Bespoke

● CooperVision, Biofinity

Shamir UK, Smart Attitude

BBGR, Anateo

CIBA Vision, Dailies AquaComfort Plus

Start Up Practice of the Year Award sponsored by Essilor

Winner: Ythan Opticians, Ellon, Scotland

● Taylor & Toal Opticians, Co Antrim

● The Oculist, Peterborough

● Eye 2 Eye Opticians, Middlesex

● Santro & Peche Opticians, London

The Multiple Practice of the Year Award

Winner: Specsavers, Cannock

● Specsavers, Nottingham

● Boots Opticians, Leamington

● Boots Opticians, Chelmsford

● Specsavers, South Shields

● Specsavers, Okehampton

Independent Practice of the Year which is supported by Hoya

Winner: BBR Optometry, Hereford

● Corry & Christie Optometrists, Aberdeen

● Richard Petrie Optometrist, Derby

● Waveney Eye Care (NI), Co Antrim

● David Spicer Optometrists, Oxford

● David Burghardt Vision Care, Lincoln

Contribution to CET Award sponsored by Dollond & Aitchison

Winner: Dr Dan Rosser, Visual acuity measurement and its pitfalls

● Helen Court, Patient anxiety in practice

● Katharine Evans, Rachel North and Christine Purslow, The ocular associations of cystic fibrosis

● Lucy Titcomb and Prof John Lawrenson Getting started in therapeutics

● Shaunagh Aitken, Back to basics in dispensing - pupillary distance measurement

● Mark Kirby, John M Nolan, Edward Loane, and Stephen Beatty, Macular pigment and its putative protective effect for ARM

The Optical Assistant Team of the Year

Winner: Specsavers, South Shields

● Webb & Lucas, Stafford

● Boots Opticians, Keighley

● Keith Holland & Associates, Cheltenham

● Specsavers, Ripon

Dispensing Optician of the Year sponsored by BBGR

Winner: Lizzie Bartlam, Aston University Optometry Clinic

● James Dawson, Kate Hattersley Opticians, Coventry

● Renuka Vistrolia, Boots Opticians, Poultry

● Mark Hickton, Boots Opticians, Leeds

● Phil Deery, Boots Opticians, Middlesbrough

● Steve Donald, Tutbury Opticians, Staffordshire

● Beverley Edwards, Specsavers, Ripon

Outstanding Optometrist of the Year

Winner: Frederick McShaw, McShaw Optometrists, Devon

● David Corry, Corry & Christie Optometrists, Aberdeen

● Linda Watson, Boots Opticians, Ayr

● Andrew Brook, Specsavers, Lincoln

● Keith Holland, Keith Holland & Associates, Cheltenham




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