Ellesmere Port MP Justin Madders has visited the town's Specsavers store to see how expert opticians are making a difference to patients, the community and supporting the NHS.

Mr Madders spoke to the team about providing vital access to optical care and contributing to the health services available for residents of the area.

During his visit, Mr Madders also saw the opening of the store’s £50,000 refurbishment, which provides a whole new look designed to enhance the overall customer experience.

After over 30 years serving the Ellesmere Port community, the local Specsavers store has received a much-needed makeover providing new displays, enhanced consulting rooms, as well as new colleague facilities.

Justin Madders, MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, said: “It was great to find time, during what has been a hectic time since the General Election, to support a business which is doing its best to improve its offer to the people of Ellesmere Port and visitors to our town centre.

“It is important that companies play a part in investing in facilities available in the Port Arcades and that is exactly what Specsavers has done.

“It was good to meet the store’s retail director Paul Quinton and the staff and I wish them all success in meeting the needs of their customers.”

Paul Quinton, retail director at Specsavers Ellesmere Port, said: ‘It was excellent to see Justin and show him around our new and improved store. Explaining to him everything we do for the Ellesmere Port community, and the importance of good quality optical care, was a delight.

‘We are locally owned and run, and proud to be at the heart of our community, providing exceptional eye health care as well as supporting local organisations. We’re proud of our 30 years of service to our area and can’t wait for the public to see our new and upgraded services."

Customers are greeted with new LED units to display the frames on offer. The waiting area has been made bigger and new rooms have been built to ensure complete customer privacy during pre-testing checks.

Ensuring customers are given the most advanced service possible, the store already has an advanced OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) machine which helps optometrists view the health of customer’s eyes in greater detail. The hospital-grade technology can also help detect treatable eye conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration sooner.

Specsavers also offers a Home Visits service for those unable to visit one of its 1,000 locally owned stores.

Specsavers is celebrating 40 years of care this year. From its humble beginnings from a ping pong table in the founders spare bedroom in 1984, Specsavers is now the largest privately owned eye care and audiology company in the world with more than 2,500 businesses in 11 countries.