Dr Martin Smith wins the UK Optometrist of the Year 2023 (Optician Awards)
We are very proud to announce that Dr Martin Smith has won the Optometrist of the Year award for 2023. Winning Optometrist of the Year demands clinical excellence, empathetic patient care, innovation, community engagement, and continuous learning and is the highest award achievement optometrists can reach.
Martin Smith Opticians is a multi-award winning opticians in the heart of Lincoln.
We specialise in providing excellent optical, and clinical care to our patients.
Dr Smith is a leading dry eye specialist and offers Dry Eye consultations and treatment for Meibomian Gland Probing and IPL (Intense Pulsed Light).
In December 2021 we were awarded the UK Optician Award for the Technology Practice of the Year. In 2019 we were voted Best Opticians in the UK in the Association of Optometrists (AOP) Awards;
Dr Martin Smith won UK Optometrist of the Year; and Sue Edwards won
UK Dispensing Optician of the Year.
Our comprehensive eye examination is always performed using the very latest technology by Dr Martin Smith, one of the most highly qualified Optometrists in the UK.
Our Awards
2023:
Optometrist of the Year – Winner
Martin Smith Opticians
2021:
Technology Practice of the Year – Winner
Martin Smith Opticians
2019:
Optometrist of the Year 2019 – Winner
Dr Martin Smith DOptom DipTp(IP)Prof Cert Glauc MCOptom
Practice of the Year 2019 – Winner
Martin Smith Opticians
Dispensing Optician of the Year 2019 – Winner
Sue Edwards BSc FBDO
2018:
Dispensing Optician of the Year 2018 – Winner
Sue Edwards BSc FBDO, Practice Manager and Dispensing Optician
2015:
Optometrist of the Year 2015 – Winner
Dr Smith BSc DOptom DipTp(IP) Prof Cert Glauc MCOptom
Our comprehensive eye examination is, we believe, the best eye examination in the UK, and covers 50 minutes with one of the countries’ leading optometrists using £100,000 of equipment.
Our patients receive the best possible service and products from our experienced and knowledgeable team.
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Martin Smith Opticians
Martin Smith Opticians is a multi award-winning independent optometrist located in Lincoln city centre.
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