Caroline explains her passion for improving lives by volunteering with Vision Aid Overseas.
Who?
Caroline Clarke
Current job?
Specialist optometrist
Where?
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Vision Aid Overseas
Why did you choose a career in optometry?
Looking through all those funny little lenses when I was a child having my eyes tested, sowed a seed of interest. During training, I loved working at the Oxford Eye Hospital but realised I needed to go into private practice to gain experience.
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The GOC’s findings indicate strong patient satisfaction with eye care services but identifies that registrants have concerns that commercial pressures could potentially impact their ability to deliver the best possible care to patients, as well as affecting their wellbeing.