As you may or may not be aware, your friendly optometrist is not only your first port of call for any vision problems but also for any eye emergencies.  Your hard worked GP does not deal with eye problems anymore, the Scottish Government would like everything to do with eyes to come to optometrists.  In...

It is a strange thing being an optometrist. We stare into the eyes of people all day every day. Our task is to determine if there is anything wrong in the eyes and indeed if there is anything amiss on the outside too. We observe spots, freckles, lumps and bumps. (Also ladies, we mark out...

A heart warming tale this time. Many years ago when I had dark hair and my money was my own, I tested the eyes of a young three year old. Her Dad had brought her in because she seemed a bit clumsy and her social skills were a bit lacking. Neither he nor her Mum...