A North-East optical practice has taken a top award at a
national ceremony, recognising the best practices within Optometry and
retail optics.Querido and Davidson Optometrists of Heaton, Newcastle upon
Tyne triumphed over 25 other practices nationwide to reach the final
shortlist.Ten awards were presented at the lavish awards hosted by
Optician Magazine. Querido and Davidson impressed the judging panel with
their," clinical ability, business acumen and innovation," to take the
award for, "contact lenses Practice of the Year, 2006, "sponsored by
Johnson and Johnson Visioncare.John Davidson, 35, Optometrist and director
of the practice is delighted to have received the award and believes it
reflects the practice's strong belief in providing customers with, "state
of the art products balanced with an individual, high quality service
where customers receive the very best in today's innovative eye care. "The
practice was established in 1956 and eventually purchased by John and his
wife, practice manager and director Julia Davidson, 32, in 2002. The
couples dedication to their practice has seen the business grow from
strength to strength, now specialising in customers who suffer eye
diseases or require alternatives to laser care procedures.John's
professional dedication leads him to play a role as a part-time senior
Optometrist at Sunderland Eye Infirmary, mainly performing specialist
contact lenses fitting and low vision work. He sees the award as, "
punctuating a new period in the growth of our business and a validation of
the immense hard work since the business was launched over 3 years ago.
"The practice, which now employs several full-time staff, are dedicated to
the future, which includes maintaining exemplary levels of service for
their customers in all aspects of eye care - with a view to producing
products for all types of vision problems.