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Independent Specialist Optometrists & Opticians serving Aylesford and surrounding areas

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The Kent Eye Care Team

Kent Eye Care is an Independent Specialist Optometrists & Opticians established ten years ago and is owned and run on a daily basis by John Gurney and Claire Forrester.

We pride ourselves on being able to offer a professional friendly affordable specialist eye care service for all the family

Staff and profiles

Optician John Gurney

John Gurney
Optometrist

Bsc (Hons) MCOptom DipTp(AS) DipTp(SP) DipTp(IP) FBDO(CL) SMC(TECH) OPwSI (Ophthalmology)
Specialist Registered Independent Prescribing Optometrist Clinical Director/Contact Lens Practitioner (GOC 01-17729)

John entered optics in 1986 qualifying as an optical technician at the City and East London College in 1988. After further study John became a registered Dispensing Optician in 1992 and qualified in Contact lenses two years later. In 1995 he attended the City University London for 3 years obtaining a 2:1 degree in Optometry. Following Professional Qualifying Exams he was elected a member of the College of Optometrists in 1999 and was registered as an Optometrist with the General Optical Council (GOC).

In 2008 John undertook further study at the Institute of Optometry London in Ocular Therapeutics Additional supply and Supplementary prescribing.
Between 2010-2011 John attended The City University London and Maidstone Hospital Rapid Access Eye Clinic, following further College of Optometrist’s examinations he qualified as a Specialist Independent Prescriber.
John is one of only 43 Optometrists (OIP Vol 12 Issue 3 87-98(Hytti) 2011)) in England with an Independent Prescribing Specialty.
This Specialty allows John to prescribe and issue medical prescriptions (FP10) s for both NHS and private patients for the treatment of any eye condition.

  • John is accredited with the Paula Carr Diabetic Eye screening service examining patients who have been referred to him with diabetic eye problems
  • John is member of the Community Ophthalmology Team (COT) employed as an OPwSI(Optometrist with Special Interest in Ophthalmology) by the West Kent NHS trust, this role sees him examining and treating patients who have been referred by the hospital, local General Practitioners and community opticians. John runs two clinics per week for the COT examining and treating patients for a wide range of both acute and chronic eye conditions such as dry eye, red eye, corneal ulcers, uveitis, ocular hypertension and glaucoma
  • John performs two week post surgical follow ups for patients who have undergone cataract surgery at Maidstone and Medway hospitals.
  • John carries out NHS and Private Eye Examinations for both the practice and home visiting service.
Claire Forrester Claire Forrester
Company Secretary

Claire is responsible for the overall running of Kent Eye Care both the practice and home visiting domiciliary side.
Claire set up Kent Eye Care with John some ten years ago.
Prior to this Claire worked in several opticians in both dispensing and managerial roles. /p>

The Kent Eye Care team

Marion Smith
Practice Manager

Marion has been in this role for the past eight years she ensures the smooth running of our practice

Katy Coombes
Optical Dispenser

Katie Jackson
Optical Dispenser

Mark Raggett
Optical Dispenser

John and Claire also employ two locum optometrist'€™s Miss Jaspreet Ubhi and Mrs Nicola Sabokbar on a regular basis to carry out both NHS and Private eye examinations for both our practice and home visiting service.

All our experienced staff are committed to providing the highest quality eye care for all the family.

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