Long & Pickard

Long & Pickard are committed to offering the best and most appropriate optometric care in friendly surroundings. We pride ourselves on our personal approach, our staff and our attention to detail.

Optometry

Our specialist team are dedicated to the health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information.

The most important function we perform as Optometry is examining peoples’ eyes, listening, giving advice, giving options and solving problems.

It is our aim to provide specialist care for everyone, from infants to the elderly. Amongst other functions that we practice, our in-depth knowledge and experience includes:

• Complex optical problems.
• Visual development assessment of the young.
• Screening, assessment, monitoring, counselling and referral for:
• Cataract
• Macula disease
• Dry eye
• Glaucoma
• Diabetes related eye care.

Long & Pickard are equipped to meet the specialist needs of occupational visual assessment at work and the supply of necessary optical appliances, whether to satisfy safety requirements, or to ensure optimum visual task-related performance.

Long & Pickard are also specialist registered contact lens practitioners and relish any contact lens related problems, routine aftercare or suitability assessment.

Malcom Long

Optometrist & Contact Lens Practitioner.

Special interests in Contact Lenses and challenging problems.

Qualified at Aston University in Ophthalmic Optics 1977 BSc (Hons)

Pre-registration At Newcastle General Hospital and Steel & Varley Optometrists Whitley Bay.

FBOA.,FSMC.,FSAO 1978

Fellow British College of Optometrists

Advanced Diploma in Contact Lens Practice (DCLP) 1986

Current:

British College of Optometrists OQ interviewer

North Tyneside Optometric Diabetic Screening Group

North of Tyne LOC committee member

Registered with the General Optical Council (01-10150)

Formerly:

Senior Sessional Optometrist Newcastle General Hospital

Secretary & Chairman Northumberland and North Durham AOP

British College of Optometrists Examiner

British College of Optometrists Pre-registration Supervisor and Mentor

Visiting Sessional Optometrist Sunderland Eye Infirmary “site-for-eyes” refractive surgery unit

MARTIN HOOD

Optometrist - Occasional Locum Cover

Special interest in ocular therapeutics: anterior segment and glaucoma.

BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Optics, Aston University, 1986

Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom) 1987

(BA Social Sciences, Open University, 1991)

Institute of Optometry and Glasgow Caledonian University therapeutics modules lead to: diplomas in therapeutics for additional supply, supplementary prescribing and independent prescriber: DipTp (AS), DipTp (SP), DipTp (IP), 2009.

Currently:

Registered with the General Optical Council (01-12621)

Senior sessional optometrist, Royal Victoria Infirmary

Member , North East Contact Lens Society

Formerly:

Secretary and Chairman, Northumberland and Durham Association of Optometrists (AOP)

Local councillor for national AOP.

Volunteer clinician, Trustee, Secretary and Chairman, UK charity Vision Aid Overseas