The Alex Gage Blog

If you have been prescribed drops for your glaucoma, it is essential you continue to take them throughout Ramadan to prevent damage to your sight. There are over 50,000 Muslims with glaucoma.

Please phone us for more information and we will triage your enquiry.

In line with government guidelines, Alex Gage Family Optometrist is temporarily closing both practices for routine eye examinations.

Having qualified for the European Championships and being selected as reserve, Phoebe Newton-Hughes is flying out to Porec to join the rest of the GB Junior squad.

Alex Gage is one of a team of 15 volunteer cyclists with Cycling Without Age (CWA) Sheffield who take elderly care home residents out in a cycle trishaw named Rhubarb around Sheffield’s local parks and quiet roads.

After two months back in training, Phoebe has made her way up to 6th in the British U20 rankings and has been invited to represent GB in the World Cup.

Phoebe was the 5th highest ranked British fencer in the U20 Eden Cup, having moved from 19th to 7th place in the national rankings.

Sylvia Moffatt, Jo Bambrough and Margaret Green have joined us recently as Eyewear Specialists to work across both Crosspool and Woodseats practices.

As No Smoking Day approaches, we’re raising awareness of the significant dangers that smoking poses to eye health.

When we redesigned our website, we added an online booking facility to save precious time. Why not try booking an appointment online?

Alex Gage Family Optometrist is delighted to congratulate Crosspool Juniors Under 12s who recently won the Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA Cup.

The benefits of outdoor play are documented to slow the progression of myopia in children. Children who spend just 90 minutes a day outdoors are reducing their risk of myopia.