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Business Focus Top level specialist care at Eye 2 Eye


Eye2Eye is already one of the top local providers of enhanced optical services - providing specialist eye care in the community since 2012 - but now its expertise has been taken to a whole new level.


Therapeutic Specialist Optometrist Chirag has now been invited to join the team at Moorfield Hospital in London as a specialist in the Glaucoma, Urgent Care and External disease & Cornea clinics. Chirag said: “It’s always been a personal goal of mine to work and train with the very best in the world, and I feel really grateful for the opportunity that has come my way.” Chirag will still work at Eye 2 Eye, bringing the best care home to the practice’s patients, too. The practice, in the Mid Kent Shopping Centre in Allington, is the only one of its kind in Maidstone, with resident therapeutic optometrists.


Brothers Chirag and Manish Patel have grown up in the area and pride themselves on building a practice with a loyal following; They have a tremendous sense of community and a


commitment to provide the best service for their patients, without compromise. Their higher qualifications mean they are eye specialists - not just opticians - providing the only accredited Primary Care Acute Ophthalmology service for the Maidstone area. The brothers can, therefore, accept and treat a wide range of emergency or acute eye referrals; walk-ins; optician or GP referrals; as well as those from the NHS 111 service and A&E. Chirag and Manish are also part of a select group of optometrists able to issue prescriptions. This high quality offering extends to the practice’s state-of-the-art technology, including equipment such as the OCT eye scanner, and lenses used in their glasses from the world-renowned manufacturer Nikon. Come and experience the finest eye care in the safest hands.


Find us at:


Unit 8, Mid-Kent Shopping Centre Castle Road, Allington, Maidstone Kent ME16 0PU


E:eye2eye.allington@nhs.net


01622 672563 www.eye2eye.care


Many people in their twenties, thirties or even forties think that drafting a Will is not necessary and that it doesn't need to be addressed until they are much older. Thinking about your demise when you are young is of course not desirable, however life can be unexpected and unfortunately sometimes tragedies happen.


"But I don't own much"


Many think that they don't have much of an estate to be dealt with or no assets of significant value, but often people have much more than they think. For example, someone owing a property, even with a large mortgage, still forms part of having an estate. It is a misconception that Wills are only necessary for the wealthy as even a small balance in a current account needs dealing with after your death.


If you have a Will in place, whatever the value of your estate, it is considerably easier for your family to deal with your affairs after your passing, which will be a testing enough time for them anyway.


Too young to have a will? Think again


If you have young children, a Will is paramount to ensure a legal guardian is appointed.


'What about my online assets?" Social media accounts like Twitter, Instagram & Facebook, downloaded music, films, online subscriptions and apps, as well as saved documents and photographs are just as important as material possessions to many. These assets can be difficult to unravel and protect when you are no longer around to access them yourself. With a Will in place, your Executors can have authority to deal with these online assets.


"It will all go to my spouse/partner anyway, won't it?"


The rules of intestacy will not necessarily match your wishes, particularly if you are not married. The uncertainty of not having a Will is an added complication for family and friends at a difficult and emotional time. A simple but well drafted Will can remove this ambiguity and the process and cost is not as difficult or as expensive as you may think.


For more information or help with this issue or a similar issue, please contact Bekka Fuszard.


The Kent Law Firm For details of the full range of our services,


please refer to www.whitehead-monckton.co.uk 698000 01622 Maidstone East May 2019 17


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