About Us
GT Harvey & Partners Ltd has been providing high quality eyecare since our founding in 1927. It is our aim to push the boundaries of the eye examination beyond the restraints of the standard / NHS sight test.
We have invested in high quality staff to ensure your visual requirements are given the best possible attention, in a caring and professional environment.
To achieve this goal we’ve equipped the practice with the latest technology which included an OCT instrument to detect Glaucoma and Macula Degeneration at an earlier stage. We also have a Visucam, for taking Retinal photographs and measuring Macula pigment density. Our Photo slit lamp enables us to monitor Anterior Surface conditions such as Dry Eye and in conjunction with our Topographer enables us to give Contact Lens patients the best care possible.
Stuart Henderson B.Sc(Hons), MCOptom.
Principal Optometrist & Practice Director
Gained Degree in Optometry Aston University 1986.
Completed pre-registration year and passed professional exams 1987.
Purchased the practice April 1991.
Northumberland and North Durham Association of Optometrists committee member (past chairman).
Local Optometric Committee.
North-East Contact Lens Society member (past committee member).
Awarded Certificate in Advanced Studies of Sports Vision in 2002.
Professional interests: sports vision, specific learning difficulties, glaucoma, diabetes.
Lesley Oglethorpe FBDO, CL, Dip SV
DISPENSING OPTICIAN AND CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONER
DISPENSING OPTICIAN OF THE YEAR 2011
Qualified as a dispensing optician 1990.
Joined G.T.Harvey & Partners Ltd in Feb 1996.
Qualified as a contact lens practitioner 2000.
Awarded Certificate in Advanced Studies of Sports Vision in 2001.
Awarded Diploma in Sports Vision (DISP) 2007.
Association of Dispensing Opticians Committee Member.
North-East Contact Lens Society member.
Local Optometric Committee Member
ABDO Examiner
Professional interests: dispensing, contact lenses and sports vision.
NVQ Level 3 Business Managment
Professional Interests: Dry Eye
Personal Interests: Argentine Tango, Modern Jive and running.
Claire Leadbitter FBDO, CL
Full Time Dispensing Optician
Qualified as Dispensing Optician in 2002.
Joined GT Harvey and Partners ltd 2004.
Qualified as a Contact Lens Optician in 2007.
North East Contact Lens Society member.
Treasurer and CET officer for Area 1 of Association of British Dispensing Opticians.
Represented England in 2002 Commonwealth Games in Rifle Shooting as English Champion.
Ashley Bell
Part Time Optical Assistant
Joined practice January 1996
BA (Hons) Literature from Open University 2008
TMR Certificate Optical Assistant Level 2
Interests include playing Netball, Cycling and Egyptian Dancing
Sheila Major
Part Time Optical Assistant
Joined practice 2006
Interests include Foreign Travel and spending time with her family
Jessica Hewitt
Full Time Dispensing Assistant
Joined practice July 2009
BA (Hons) English & Film Studies from Northumbria University 2006
WCSM Certificate in Optical Practice Support
Interests include Running and walking her dog
Laura Redding
Full Time Optical Assistant
Joined practice February 2011
BA (Hons) English Literature & Sociology from University Northumbria 2010
Laura spent the Summer of 2011in China teaching English
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