Boots Opticians partners with Macmillan Cancer Support

Specialist training for optometrists to support those directly or indirectly affected by cancer has been launched by Boots Opticians and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Eye care professionals will be trained with skills to help those living with cancer, as well as those experiencing ocular side effects from treatment.

Rupa Thobhani, an optometrist at Boots Opticians, shared the story of treating her patient Deborah who she referred for further review.

‘During her routine eye test, I noticed the lesion on her eye, revealing indications of possible nodulo-ulcerative basal cell carcinoma. I shared my suspicions with Deborah and upon further evaluation I found out that she’d previously had skin cancer,’ Thobhani said.