In the UK, more than 2 million people are living with sight loss.

Of these, around 340,000 are registered as blind or partially sighted. Being told you have a visual impairment can be...

Many women experience a range of mental and physical symptoms as they transition through the menopause. These commonly include:

• hot flushes,

Today’s focus by...

As a mark of respect, all Mackey Opticians practices will be closed on Monday 19th September for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

We will reopen as normal on Tuesday...

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Oakley Optical Collection draws...

The weekend of 20-21st August 2022 saw 20 boats competing in three classes for the annual Quoile Yacht Club 2 Day Event. Sponsored by Ross Boyd Chartered Accountants and Mackey Opticians, the...

Regular visitors to our Newtownards practice will have heard of our plans over the last 10 years to refurbish and extend into next door which was previously a newsagents. 

Mackey...

All parents of short-sighted children are urged to have a "MyopiaChat" with their optician

PRESS RELEASE | Myopia Awareness Week, 23-29 May 2022 | #MyopiaChat Campaign

Over 2...

House of Gucci - the new film starring Lady Gaga and Jared Leto - comes to a cinema near you from the 26th November 2021. Mackey Opticians are giving away 5 pairs of tickets for to see House of...

World Rugby is to introduce new laws at the 2027 World Cup that will ban red-green kit clashes to help people with colour vision deficiency (CVD). The measure means Wales or Ireland would have...

HOYA EnRoute - a visionary driving lens

EnRoute lenses are designed specifically for motorists, minimising the stress on the visual system, providing a more comfortable driving...

Mackey Opticians are delighted to be selected to be part of the HIGH STREET SPEND LOCAL SCHEME. The cards are available for issue from 4th October 2021 and you will have just two months...

Are you ready for school?

Shortsightedness (myopia) has become much more prevalent in the last 50 years. In 1960 the proportion of myopic children in the UK aged 10-16 years...

You may have read about a study...