It’s National Eye Health Week and what better place to start than by eating healthily for your eyes. There are lots of foods that can help to keep your eyes healthy and this eye healthy salmon and spinach curry is great! Salmon is rich in omega 3 fats which help keep our retinas healthy and also protect […]
Blackburn dad of three Zamil Munshi is urging people to have regular eye examinations after a local optometrist detected he had a potentially life-threatening condition during a sight test. Mr Munshi has decided to speak out about his experience ahead of National Eye Health Week (24-30 September). Mr Munshi, aged 40, attended for an eye […]
by Eleanor Swystun, optometrist at Valli Opticians in Almondbury and Lockwood, Huddersfield As an optometrist, I’m often asked what the difference is between an ophthalmologist, an optometrist and an optician. So, let me explain who is who when you visit your local optician for your eye test. What is an Optometrist? I often get […]
Valli Opticians has launched a campaign for children’s eye health to be given greater emphasis in the Personal Child Health Record (often referred to as the ‘red book’). The book is a national standard health and development record of a child’s early years which is given to all new parents and carers. Kick-starting the campaign, […]
Pictured: Moin Valli, Managing Director of Valli Opticians, with a copy of the ‘red book’. Valli Opticians has today launched a petition in support of its Red Book campaign. The campaign asks for the Personal Child Health Record (commonly referred to as the ‘red book’) to include information and advice on the importance of children […]
Valli Opticians has today launched a campaign for children’s eye health to be given greater emphasis in the Personal Child Health Record (often referred to as the ‘red book’). The book is a national standard health and development record of a child’s early years which is given to all new parents and carers. Kick-starting the […]
by Eleanor Swystun, optometrist at Valli Opticians Almondbury and Valli Opticians Lockwood Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve which usually occurs in people over the age of 40. It is most commonly a gradual, slowly progressing disease. When the optic nerve is irreversibly damaged it causes it to thin, characteristically causing peripheral […]
The sun is shining and it’s important to look after your eyes! Steven Whittaker, manager of A J Spurrett Opticians Blackburn, part of the Valli Opticians Group, shows his favourite his and hers shades for Summer 2018
With the long hot days of summer before us all eyes are on the latest beach fashions – and a pair of bang on trend sunglasses combined with beach ready make-up, hair and nails, are a must. Huddersfield’s Valli Opticians is showcasing the latest designer sunglasses ranges at its ‘Beauty and the Beach’ events which […]
by Eleanor Swystun, Optometrist at Valli Opticians practices in Almondbury and Lockwood in Huddersfield Everyone’s career in optometry starts differently. Some people want to become an optometrist because of their own experience in life, needing treatment from an early age or because they wear glasses. Other people ‘fall in’ to optometry because they didn’t get […]