For the past few weeks, we have been open for essential appointments only, but given the change in government advice, we are very pleased to announce that we are able to resume routine eye examinations for private patients and other services. We’re hoping to resume NHS services very soon. If you are due for an […]
We are re-opening Wednesday 13th May. Given the news that the UK is now past the peak number of Coronavirus cases, we are cautiously re-opening our branches for essential appointments, from the 13th May, Monday-Friday 9am-4:30pm. RESTRICTIONS APPLY, PLEASE READ ON FOR DETAILS…
In February we finished a project which we began last year, with the last filament bulb light being removed from our Newark practice and being replaced by LED lighting. We now have energy-efficient lighting throughout our branches in Newark, Sileby, Anstey, Birstall. A local electrical company has been working with us to complete the work, […]
When a patient visits us who is entitled to free NHS eye tests or an NHS voucher, General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) forms have to be completed by hand and returned to Primary Care Support England to process the claim. But not any more. Introducing our eGOS system for faster, secure claims. Primary Care Support England […]
Recently (before the government restrictions) we have installed a new water filtration system in our store in Newark. The new system will save us over 45,000 litres of water a year or 150 litres per day. The new filtration system is used in our lenses finishing process or lenses edging. We use the machine to […]
It is with a heavy heart we write this message. Due to the Prime Minister’s announcement on the evening of 23rd March, we have made the difficult decision to close our practices until further notice. Therefore we will not be opening on 24th March 2020. We will, of course, continue to monitor the situation and […]
We are proud to announce that we will be extending our evening clinics to Anstey. Currently, we have evening appointments available at our Sileby branch on a Tuesday evening until 7:30 pm. These run every 2 weeks and appointments for these can be booked online. These have proved to be very popular, especially with families […]
After our open day last month, when we raised £60 for Beaumond House with our luxury brands raffle, we have since decided to become silver partners with Beaumond House. This means for a substantial donation we can work with them throughout the year helping them raise awareness, support the work they do and raise more […]
Wednesday 29th January was a very special day for us all here at Opticare Opticians. It was our Newark Open Day. Over the past few weeks, we had been extra hard at work planning, cajoling and preparing for a busy day of showcasing, raffles, prize giving and general merriment. With over £1,000 worth of prizes […]
Recently we have had the pleasure of a brand new machine in the Newark branch of Opticare. The Visioffice X is one of a new generation of optical measuring machines which gives our patients the best possible fit for their new lenses. Originally we had a Visioffice 2 in our Newark branch, but the chance […]











