View from the High Street: My optical manifesto

In the UK the upcoming snap general election is dominating the news, and also the conversation in my test room. All political parties are starting to announce their own plans for the next five years of government, in the form of their manifestos, bursting with promises and pledges, if they are elected to the top job in Parliament.

This year the political landscape has been shattered by the additional complexity of Brexit, and the upcoming two-year-long negotiations with the EU since the triggering of Article 50. When patients choose to discuss politics in the test room with me, the discussion is often centred on uncertainty of what the future will look like.