Claire Warrior

OPTOMETRY LOC Member

Tell us about yourself.

I am a dispensing optician and practice manager at Cooper and Leatherbarrow Opticians in Darlington, County Durham.

What’s your role for the PCC?

I am the Chair of Durham Local Optical Committee and I sit on the PCC board representing Optometry.

Why did you want to get involved? 

To raise the profile of Optometry and to try and work more cohesively with our colleagues across all parts of Primary and Secondary care. With the overarching goal of trying to improve the patient journey.

What are your hopes for what the PCC might achieve?

I hope that by understanding the successes and challenges of colleagues working within different areas of the NHS that we may find some common goals that will benefit us all, but mostly our patients. Hopefully by working more closely together we can improve things without having to duplicate everything across all the different sectors.