C. Sarah Townsend BSc (Hons) MCOptom Optometrist

• Member of the College of Optometrists
• Year of registration 1990
• Graduated from UMIST with a degree in "Optometry and vision sciences" 1989
• Currently Optometric Advisor to Newcastle PCT
• North East Member of Council committee of the College of Optometrists .
• Previous part time lead Optometrist for Northumberland Diabetic service;
  • Responsible for establishing procedures and systems to ensure effective running of the image grading process.
  • Quality assurance and Audit for continuous improvement.
  • Clinic at Wansbeck hospital for un-gradeable photos.
• Low vision service committee representative for Newcastle & North Tyneside Local Optometric committee, to establish an effective low vision service within the locality

Optometrist with keen interest in:

• Specialist contact lenses fitting
• Certificate in Paragon CRT orthokeratology fitting
• Registered ChromaGen™ practitioner
• Accredited OrthoK / DreamLite orthokeratology practitioner
• Therapeutics (examination in UMIST part 1 Therapeutics course)
• Dry eye management
• Low vision
• Nutrition and the eye
• Diabetic eye disease.
• Convenor & organiser for local ‘Peer review’ group in the Northumbria region.