{"id":42518,"date":"2024-04-12T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22936"},"modified":"2024-04-12T09:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:02:56","slug":"specsavers-opens-1000th-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/specsavers-opens-1000th-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Specsavers opens 1000th practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Specsavers opens 1000<sup>th<\/sup> practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19707\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Specsavers-1000-practice-opening-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" \/><br \/>\nSPECSAVERS co-founder Dame Mary Perkins has helped opened its 1000<sup>th<\/sup> UK and Irish practice &#8211; 40 years after opening the doors to the first Specsavers practice.<\/h3>\n<p>Dame Mary was joined by rugby legend and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ugo Monye and the Mayor of Harpenden, Councillor Fiona Gaskell, for the opening of the Harpenden practice in the heart of the high street. It features four optical testing rooms and a dual audiology room, with the team also offering optical coherence tomography (OCT) as part of a \u00a3350,000 investment in the Hertfordshire practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Creating this practice has been such a fulfilling journey,\u2019 says director Lewis Carroll. \u2018Having the pleasure to watch residents go by while we added our touches to the practice has given me a real sense of what the town is all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Harpenden is a unique place filled with amazing people, success, and history. Our mission is to add to the great value and quality in Harpenden, and this goes past providing optical and audiological care.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dame Mary says: \u2018If you had told me when we opened our first practice back in 1984 that we would be opening our 1000<sup>th<\/sup> practice 40 years later, I wouldn\u2019t have believed it. Our aim has always been to provide high-quality and affordable eye and hearing care to all, and I\u2019m pleased that this new practice, run by experienced joint venture partners, will make our services accessible to even more people.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Audiology director Vivek Joshi adds: \u2018I have spent over 25 years in audiology after graduating in India. Since then, I have worked in Dubai, Bahrain, and the UK, where I worked for the NHS for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Working in Lister Hospital in Stevenage for all those years gave me a fist-hand look into the lives of the Hertfordshire residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As the latest audiology professional in Harpenden, I can focus my efforts to the Harpenden residents, ensuring that they get the highest standard of audiological care.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6468\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/specsavers-logo-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dame Mary Perkins opens its 1000th UK and Irish practice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":21843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2957],"tags":[2974],"class_list":["post-42518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vision-news","tag-specsavers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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