Deaf Awareness Week UK: A Symphony of Silence
Embracing Diversity: Deaf Awareness Week UK You’re at your favourite restaurant, the aroma of your much-loved dish wafting through the air. But instead of the usual chatter a
Empowering Independence: Sighted Guide Training for Adults with Sight Loss
Living with sight loss can be challenging, but it doesn’t mean giving up on independence and mobility. In the UK, various support systems are in place to empower individuals
Clear Vision Ahead: Understanding Myopia, National Eye Health Week, and Opticall Eyecare
Myopia, commonly known as near-sightedness, is a prevalent eye condition affecting millions of people in the United Kingdom. It is characterised by the inability to see distan
Is conjunctivitis really that contagious?
Have you ever woken up in the morning with red, puffy or itchy eyes? Are they seemingly stuck together with ‘sleepy dust’ and are weepy throughout the day? Chances are, if y
An Opticall guide to protecting the elderly during fireworks season
The interesting history of why we celebrate fireworks night Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. With many of us finding ourselves looking f
Stoptober – how does smoking affect your eyesight?
Stoptober - how does smoking affect your eyesight? Every October, the NHS runs a Public Health England campaign to encourage smokers to quit – Stoptober. There are many health
Eye Health Week September 2022
This National Eye Health Week, we wanted to remind you about the importance of looking after your eyes not just for this week but during your whole life. There are simple ste
Cataracts Awareness Month
June 2022 June Declared Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on World’s Leading Cause of Vision Loss – Prevent Blindness – Prevent Blindness has declared June as Catarac
The importance of sleep for your eyes
With World Sleep Day coming up on 19th March (the Friday before Spring Vernal Equinox of each year) we thought it was a perfect opportunity to explain some important issues re
Love Your Eyes This World Sight Day
World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on vision impairment, including blindness. This year, World Sig
World Mental Health Day
You may be thinking why is a mobile optician writing about a blog about mental health. Well we are just as passionate about mental health as we are about eye health. We wanted