Established in 2021, York-Andrews Spectacle Lounge is a truly independent optical practice situated in the quaint market town of Ulverston, offering personalised, professional eye care and a brilliant range of eyewear. Boasting a specialist team with more than 115 years’ combined experience, who started serving the community of Ulverston, together, back in 2013. The team serves patients from the surrounding areas, countries and continents and has access to state-of-the-art equipment ( including OPTOMAP 200 degree retinal scans) . Patients can expect a friendly service and optimal level of care that always puts them at ease. We speak to Principle Optometrist, Tracey York-Andrews to learn more. Best Independent Opticians 2025 - Cumbria First and foremost, what truly makes YorkAndrews Spectacle Lounge stand out is the way it makes space and time for its patients, with this including longer appointments. “We are blessed by the moments when patients walk in with a bunch of flowers and a card and the powerful words, “Thank you for saving my life”,” says Tracey. “We love delivering quality, personalised, professional eye care; seeing patients who are struggling to read suddenly improve exponentially with the help of Schoolvision and helping patients find their pair of specs that they love! It’s so important to love not only your spectacle frame, but also the great quality lenses specifically picked out for your chosen tasks!” Indeed, York-Andrews Spectacle Lounge incorporates services such as Schoolvision into its offering, which is a specialist service designed to provide aid to children, teens and adults, who are struggling with their reading. “Schoolvision studies the way our eyes work together as we read; in particular the relationship between vision and difficulties with reading (including dyslexia)”. When words and letters appear to shift, jump or move, they send confused messages to the brain, which can cause difficulties in reading. Schoolvision addresses these issues, that routine eye tests might not detect. YorkAndrews Spectacle Lounge will focus on vision correction and alignment, as well as other factors in order to help provide tailored solutions to improve reading function. The tailored solutions in Schoolvision, depend on each individual patient, and could include coloured lenses or prism corrections. Reading affects one’s confidence, and can have an impact on enjoyment of reading and behaviour, so even though we have noticed dramatic improvements in older patients (even in their 70’s), the sooner we can help, the less the patients have to struggle, and the sooner they can reap the benefits of Schoolvision. “We focus on delivering quality care in a relaxed but professional environment. Patients feel comfortable and even pop in as they walk past just to say “hello”.” The friendly, expert team at York-Andrews Spectacle Lounge have become renowned for their ability to deliver excellent eye care, as well as in helping customers choose the perfect eyewear. The optical practice works with a great range of hand-picked companies from which it sources very specific lenses to cover very specific tasks, and they come in a range of prices. “We aim to meet the needs of patients, from designer to budget, and go the extra mile to find eyewear that the patients love,” Tracey tells us. “To the point that we actually have our own brand of eyewear called Lakes and See, that meets the needs of the patient that wants something a bit different, or daring, that we can’t source from our UK suppliers.” There have been significant developments in the world of spectacle lenses, including Zeiss’s amazing CLEARVIEW single vision lenses, which bring greater clarity, reduced peripheral distortion, and thinner lenses with superb coatings, and at a fantastic price. Tracey explains that there are some great new lens designs for those patients who are needing a bit of help with flexible prescriptions, no longer limiting patients to just single vision, bifocal, and varifocal lenses. She says, “Our fantastic range of suppliers means we can source superb lenses such as the latest anti-fatigue and office lenses, as well as sports lenses, and more. We work with the biggest names in optics as well as the bespoke, smaller companies.” Ultimately, York-Andrews Spectacle Lounge is going from strength to strength, with it having been awarded four awards in the past 24 months. The practice is on an upward trajectory as it draws in those patients who want to be valued and who also seek a greater range of products, whilst dealing with a team they have come to trust. The team will continue to keep their fingers on the pulse of the industry and train in the latest lens technologies to ensure they are ahead of the curve and providing only the very best in eye care and eyewear! Company name: York-Andrews Spectacle Lounge Contact name: Tracey York-Andrews Website: www.spectaclelounge.com
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