Melina Joy Opticians

24/11/2025

Please note that we have some closures for ongoing training this week. During this time, please leave us an answer machine message on 01435 868181 or send us an email to reception@melinajoy.co.uk and we will get back to you on Monday 1st December. Thank you 🤓

21/11/2025

Lovely evening in Heathfield High Street for the Christmas Lighting Up event. Thank you to everyone who popped in to say hello, it was lovely to see you all 🎄🥰 🎅🏻

19/11/2025

Our phones are down!

We are sorry but we are having some technical difficulties today with our phone lines, please bear with us.

Alternatively you could email us on reception@melinajoy.co.uk

17/11/2025

A quick reminder that our practice will be closed for two days to allow for the installation of new systems and comprehensive staff training. These improvements are part of our ongoing commitment to providing the highest standard of care and service to our patients.

During this time, please leave us an answer machine message on 01435 868181 or send us an email to reception@melinajoy.co.uk. We will endeavour to check these as soon as we can and get back to you.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.

16/11/2025

Road Safety Week is biggest road safety campaign. Every year, thousands of schools, organisations and communities get involved to share important road safety messages and join their call for safe roads for everyone.
Is your vision road worthy?
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14/11/2025

World Diabetes Day (WDD) is the world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign reaching a global audience of over 1 billion people in over 160 countries. It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.

WDD was created in 1991 by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization and became an official United Nations Day in 2006 with the passage of United Nations Resolution 61/225.

589million people are living with diabetes worldwide.
3 in 4 people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.
Close to 50% of diabetes is undiagnosed.

13/11/2025

Read our latest newsletter here
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13/11/2025

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12/11/2025

Please note that our practice will be closed for two days to allow for the installation of new systems and comprehensive staff training. These improvements are part of our ongoing commitment to providing the highest standard of care and service to our patients.

During this time, please leave us an answer machine message on 01435 868181 or send us an email to reception@melinajoy.co.uk. We will endeavour to check these as soon as we can and get back to you.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.

11/11/2025

01/11/2025

Don't throw away your pumpkins now Halloween has past🎃!
Pumpkins provide key nutrients for eye health, including vitamin A (from beta-carotene), vitamin C, zinc and antioxidants like lutein and zeaxanthin.
Pumpkin soup or pumpkin risotto are tasty and quick easy recipes to use up any leftovers you have. Or you could try a sweet treat like this pumpkin cake!

Ingredients
300g self-raising flour
300g light muscovado sugar
3 tsp mixed spice
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
175g sultanas
½ tsp salt
4 beaten eggs
200g butter melted
zest 1 orange
1 tbsp orange juice
500g (peeled weight) pumpkin flesh, grated

Frosting
200g pack soft cheese
85g softened butter
100g sifted icing sugar
zest 1 orange and juice of half

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a 30 x 20cm baking or small roasting tin with baking parchment. Put the flour, sugar, spice, bicarbonate of soda, sultanas and salt into a large bowl

Beat the eggs into the melted butter, stir in the orange zest and juice, then mix with the dry ingredients till combined. Stir in the pumpkin. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 30 minutes, or until golden. Note that pumpkins can vary dramatically in water content, so keep an eye on the cake towards the end of cooking, yours may take less or more time to cook through.

Frosting
Beat together the cheese, butter, icing sugar, orange zest and 1 tsp of the juice till smooth and creamy, then set aside in the fridge. When the cake is done, cool for 5 mins then turn it onto a cooling rack. Prick it all over with a skewer and drizzle with the rest of the orange juice while still warm. Leave to cool completely.

If you like, you can trim the edges of the cake. Give the frosting a quick beat to loosen, then using a palette knife spread over the top of the cake in peaks and swirls.

Recipe from BBC Good Food