Mike Hale speaks to Kate Evans about taking over an independent practice and putting community engagement and clinical services at the centre of their offering.

Cardiff-based Parish Optometrists celebrated its 40th anniversary this year with a change of ownership. Optometrist Kate Evans along with her husband and fellow optometrist, Chris, took the practice over from the original owner, Richard Parish, who was keen the practice remained independent.  

‘Richard was coming up towards retirement age and we messaged him with the proposition,’ says Evans. ‘He was happy to talk to us because he wanted it to go to someone that would keep it independent.’ 

Evans describes Parish Optometrists as a small independent practice located in Birchgrove, a primarily residential district to the north-west of Cardiff city centre.  

‘We’ve kept the practice name and have no intention to ever change it,’ says Evans. ‘There’s 40 years of heritage in the name and it was also important to us that the takeover was a very smooth transition for the patients.’ 

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