Eye Love My Local Independant Optician & National Eye Health Week – September 2012

‘Love your eyes’ that is the message being issued by independent optician, Molsom Optometrists in Spalding. Eye health is suffering; recently more than two million people admitted to never having their eyes tested and this September, during National Eye Health Week, Molsom Optometrists is campaigning to change this.

As part of the national Eye Love My Local Independent Optician campaign, Molsom Optometrists is urging people of the local community of every age to LOVE THEIR EYES and get them tested during National Eye Health Week (17-23 September).

As an incentive, over and above the obvious health benefits, practices affiliated to the campaign are offering new or existing patients that book an eye exam before the end of National Eye Health Week the opportunity to win an iPad.

The national awareness week, run by Vision Matters, aims to promote the importance of eye health and the need for regular eye tests and is pulling together eye care charities and health professionals from across the UK to persuade people to take their eye health seriously.

A spokesperson for Molsom Optometrists, Andy Molsom said: “As part of the Eye Love My Local Independent Optician campaign, we are on a mission to encourage more people to take their eye health seriously. Without regular eye exams, dormant diseases and general health problems can lay undetected and cause problems further down the line”.

In a recent survey* conducted by www.eyelovelocal.co.uk, more than two million people admitted to never having their eyes tested, despite over half thinking they would benefit from an eye test.

Andy Molsom continued: “The health of our eyes is so very important, and as part of the awareness drive around National Eye Health Week we are encouraging local residents to visit their independent community optician and experience the very best in eye care. Practices that are part of the campaign, will be identified by a window poster promoting the iPad competition. We are also using this time to hold an Open Day to showcase the full range of William Morris British designed spectacles, which offer unrivalled quality at value for money prices. There will also be other prizes on offer throughout the day.”

*The survey of 2,000 people was commissioned by www.eyelovelocal.co.uk