COVID-19 at Broadgate Opticians Reopening Announcement
We are delighted to announce OPTIX at Broadgate Opticians is now open again for all routine eyecare services. Appointment bookings and store walk-ins are positively welcomed and, as a duty of care and safety to our customers and staff, we shall be adhering to official social distancing guidelines.
As one of only a few practices now open in the City of London, we recognise your safety and wellbeing is our main priority. A range of precautions have been taken for your protection. including mandatory use of PPE for staff and customers, regular disinfecting of all equipment, along with commonly touched surfaces and all frames in store. We recommend all clients bring their own personal PPE when visiting us.
We are now supplying our full range of prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses, as well as undertaking repairs to broken spectacles. Be one of the first to see our latest collections in store by contacting us to arrange a frame styling consultation with one of our expert Dispensing Opticians.
If you are unable to visit us in person, we are still offering advice and virtual eyewear consultations via WhatsApp or FaceTime, and will be happy to arrange for the collection of any purchased eyewear or deliver them to your preferred address.
Our contact lens supplies are unaffected by this situation and continue to be delivered to existing registered addresses, or to an alternative if preferred, and can be purchased with free of charge delivery by email request to info@optixuk.com or by phone on 020 7628 0330.
Wishing you all well as we enter the ‘new normal’ and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Stay safe!
Eyewear to see and be seen
In Hypermetropia (long sightedness), the eye is shorter than normal or the cornea is too flat, so that light rays focus behind the retina. Light rays from close objects such as pages of a book cannot be focused on clearly by the retina. Someone with hypermetropic eyes may find their vision is blurred when looking at objects near to them, and for vision to be clearer when looking at far away objects. Placing a plus powered (convex) lens in front of a hypermetropic eye allows the image to be moved forward allowing for correct focus on the retina.