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ABOUT
THE PRACTICE
We are a team of optometrists and dispensing opticians who specialise in excellent visual correction and thorough care of the eyes. We particularly specialise in eye examinations, all types of contact lenses for all age groups, false eyes and high quality fashionable eyewear.
In attendance are MR. NIGEL BURNETT
HODD,
MR. DAVID RAZ-RHODES and MS.SOPHIE TAYLOR-WEST.
MR. NIGEL BURNETT HODD has the Higher Diploma in Contact Lens Practice, granted by the College of Optometrists. This is the highest qualification possible in contact lens practice, and with this experience, we are considered one of the world’s leading practices in contact lens fitting to overcome unusual eye conditions and contact lens problems that have baffled those that do not specialise.
Our practice is a leading fashion centre for modern eyewear.
Our Dispensing Optician, YVONNE SANDER runs our modern dispensing
suite. We take the opportunity to attend, either as delegates
or speakers, many of the most important international conferences.
In this way, we ensure that our knowledge is up to date
and, because this practice is one of the foremost in the
country, new products and materials are frequently made
available to us before they are generally available. We
seek out the best possible products for our patients from
all over the world.
GETTING TO KNOW US
Every new patient will be given a full eye examination whether they are seeking contact lenses, spectacles or just reassurance and
advice. Please bring to your first appointment your most recent spectacles and/or contact lenses. If you are taking any drugs, it would be useful if you could bring those along too. Copies of old prescriptions and details of familial eye problems are also invaluable in building up your history.
AN
EYE EXAMINATION
If an eye examination only is required, a half hour appointment will be booked for you with
Mr. Burnett Hodd, Mrs. Christie or Mr. Raz-Rhodes. At the end of the appointment you may be asked to undergo some special tests with our clinical assistants. Sometimes it will be necessary to dilate your pupils and drops will take time to have an effect.
We can give specialised advice for those who are partially sighted. We keep a range of hand magnifiers and other low vision aids in the
practice. If spectacles are required , dispensing may take up to an hour; so all in all you should be prepared to spend one and a half hours in the
practice. An Eye Examination includes the necessary tests to check you for eye conditions such as - cataract, glaucoma, macula degeneration and retinal detachments. Some systemic conditions such as raised blood pressure and diabetes can also be monitored on our imaging systems. With your permission, we will also liase with your doctors and specialists when pathology is found.
NEW
TO CONTACT LENSES
Every patient wishing to wear contact lenses for the first time, and those who have failed with contact lenses in the past, will need an initial contact lens appointment which lasts approximately one hour, but as with the eye examination, you should allow extra time for additional tests and for spectacles.
At this visit,
Mr. Burnett Hodd, Mrs. Christie or Mr. Raz-Rhodes will examine your eyes in order to establish your spectacle prescription and to ascertain that you and your eyes are healthy enough to begin contact lens wear. After a series of special measurements and tests, lenses will be tried in your eyes and a decision will be made as to the most suitable type for you. You may be asked to wear some trial lenses for a few hours and to return later the same day so that we can see how you and your eyes react to them before you become
committed. You may also need to spend time with the practice technician learning how to handle lenses. Bifocal contact lenses and lenses for astigmatism may have to be specially made before a trial is carried out.
Please remember that if at any time you decide not to continue further on the contact lens route, you only have to pay fees for our time. We usually ask our patients to pay 50% of our total charges before special contact lenses or spectacles are ordered.
EXISTING WEARERS
If you are already a contact lens wearer
Mr. Burnett Hodd, Mrs. Christie or Mr. Raz-Rhodes will still need to see you for an hours appointment just like new wearers. However, during your visit your existing lenses will be analysed and full details of your lens history will be taken. Often existing wearers are more complicated to sort out than those who have never tried. So please allow plenty of time particularly if your spectacles need sorting out too.
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