Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care has marked its 80th anniversary by expanding office space at its Birmingham headquarters to meet growing demands for its NHS hearing services.
The family-owned national retailer has seen a huge increase in hearing care provision over the past 12 months as more people choose its convenient, local, high street branches for NHS hearing care over a visit to hospital.
The unprecedented growth has led to the appointment of 15 extra hearing aid audiologists and prompted investment in new offices for its customer services and training team.
Scrivens chairman Nicholas Georgevic said:
“When we moved to our head office in Edgbaston in May 2010 it was with a view to continuing to grow the business by providing our optical and hearing care services nationwide.It is fitting that as we celebrate our 80th anniversary we can see that objective realised. I’m sure our founder, Sol Scriven, would be immensely proud of the progress we have made, particularly in supporting the NHS in the provision of optical and hearing care services. “We are now the second biggest provider of NHS high street hearing care thanks to delivering our unique formula of customer care of expert, professional and accessible services that make a real difference to people’s lives.
“We will continue to build on this success and to campaign for hearing care to be as accessible as eye care.”
Scrivens has provided hearing services for more than 60 years and on behalf of the NHS for 11 years, providing full audiology assessments, the very latest technology, hearing aids and all aftercare, including batteries.
It offers people flexible appointments in convenient high street and medical centre locations with the shortest possible waiting times, helping to ease the pressure on the NHS. More than 85% of patients are fitted with their new hearing aids on the day of their first appointment.
Scrivens was founded in the Midlands in 1938 by optician and pharmacist Solomon Scriven, the grandfather of chairman Nicholas Georgevic and director Mark Georgevic. It now has 182 stores in England and Wales and over 1,100 employees. For more information, visit www.scrivens.com