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PEOPLE CAN REST ASSURED WHEN THEY VISIT THE TWO HANKS OPTOMETRIST’S EYECARE PLUS PRACTICES IN PORT MACQUARIE – WITH ONE IN WILLIAM STREET AND THE OTHER IN HORTON STREET ...
hey know that their eyes will be in good hands, because the optometrists are all highly qualified and they also have particular interests in specialised areas of Optometry. Tony Hanks settled in Port Macquarie over 40 years ago, directly after he finished his first university degree. Since then he has been delivering eyecare to our community while also undertaking further studies and being involved in a charity that delivers eyecare training to disadvantaged regions. In 2010 he was recognised in the Order Of Australia awards announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Linda Chase graduated from the University of NSW with an honours degree and has a special interest in Behavioural Optometry. This field relates to the visual processes and attempts
to improve vision using combinations of eye that re-shape the eye overnight and correct the exercises and prescription lenses. vision. Derek also contributes to the Jo-Anne Charles is another regulation of optometry across graduate of the University of the country as a member NSW, who also holds her of the Optometry Board degree with honours. of Australia and the in y el Fortunat , ie She is the well-known Optometry Council of ar qu ac M Port ed ne s optometrist at the New South Wales. ay w al t n’ you do ical in cl r Horton Street practice, Anne Horneman fo r fa el av to tr se rvice d an e where she delivers a is a graduate of the nc lle ce ex full range of eyecare University of NSW with you can trust.” services for her patients. 35 years’ experience as Derek Fails graduated an optometrist. She also from the University of has a Diploma of Education Bradford in Yorkshire and and has worked as a teacher. did post-graduate studies with Anne has a particular interest The College of Optometrists. He has a and skill set in dealing with visionparticular interest in Low Vision and Ocular related learning difficulties, which is a Therapeutic Management of eye diseases, hugely important area in Optometry, as vision as well as Orthokeratology Contact lenses problems affect one in four children and 80%
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of our learning is through our vision. As Anne commented on behalf of all the optometrists in these practices: “The advances in technology we have had are amazing. We are able to show people images of their retina and give them some idea of the condition of their blood vessels in the rest of their body, give lifestyle and dietary advice and encourage them to see their GP and take charge of their health.” Fortunately in Port Macquarie, you don’t always need to travel far for clinical excellence and service you can trust. Hanks Optometrist’s Eyecare Plus has been part of the local community for decades, and they specialise in comprehensive eye examinations, specialty lenses, prescription sunglasses, spectacle frames, contact lenses and eye health care for the whole family.
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Hanks Optometrists
William Street
95 William Street, Port Macquarie
Ph: 6583 7333
29 Horton Street, Port Macquarie
Ph: 6584 3948
6 Bransdon Street, Wauchope
Ph: 6585 2393
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