Optician Awards: A walk in the Park

Being named Independent Practice of the Year at the Optician Awards 2021 was the icing on the cake after a difficult two years for Nottingham-based Park Vision.

Michelle Beach, optometrist and founder of Park Vision, tells Optician that spending awards night with the entire practice team was a special occasion following the challenges of lockdown. ‘I didn’t expect to win because we’re quite a small independent. We’ve got the award on the shelf at Park Vision. We’re very proud of it and I think all our patients are too,’ she says.

Beach says the Optician Awards is an important evening to celebrate everything that is great about optics and adds that if you are going to enter there is a lot of work to do. While self-nominating, Park Vision’s team reflected on every aspect of the practice and all they had achieved while navigating Covid-19. ‘We realised what we are doing and how much we are doing,’ she says. ‘It’s a really good way of bringing your team together, reflecting on what you do in optometry and why you do it.’