Optometry Student Volunteer

8th September, 2019

Brooke Hutchins has been a volunteer for Friends of Moorfields for the past year. She spends Wednesday afternoons helping with patient guiding, meeting and greeting patients at A&E, getting patient feedback.

“I have found volunteering at Moorfields extremely complementary to my university studies. I really look forward being able to communicate with and assist patients around the clinics, and the experience of being within an eye hospital itself is a bonus.

There is a huge volunteer team of all ages and backgrounds which makes the experience really enjoyable. What has been so beneficial for me personally, is that alongside the patients that I guide, I have also met many people with specific eye conditions and being able to speak to them about their individual experiences is also a wonderful learning opportunity for an optometry student.”