Look local: Optical issues of island life

The Isle of Man, situated in the Irish Sea, is a unique place. It is a Crown dependency with its own parliament and laws. As such, residents enjoy a number of optical benefits unattainable to those on either side of the water.

‘The Isle of Man is a fantastic place to live,’ says Caroline Lambah, practice manager at Boots Opticians in Douglas. ‘The TT is on at the moment so there are 1,000 leather- clad people about. Every-one’s loving it, it’s like a carnival.’

Lambah has been working at Boots for the past year-and-a-half and has been a Mann resident for 20 years. Her practice has three testing rooms and also offers audiology services. She says it is a ‘very popular practice’ that is often fully booked. ‘It’s a small island so news spreads fast. If you provide a great service, then you’re going to get people into store.’