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Thurka Sivapalan is an Advanced Clinical Optometrist specialising in glaucoma and serving at two NHS Trusts: Queen Victoria Hospital and University Sussex Hospitals Trust.

Thurka Sivapalan

She is a highly skilled clinician with extensive experience working in emergency eye clinics, glaucoma, medical retina. Her extended scope of practice includes laser treatments for glaucoma and intravitreal injections for medical retina conditions. She holds specialist and higher qualifications in glaucoma, medical retina and ocular therapeutics.

Thurka’s current role encompasses clinical work, teaching, research and wider professional matters. She is an Optometric Advisor for NHS England, ensuring contract compliance as well as developing and monitoring optometrist performance action plans.


She is the former Board Director for the Association of Optometrists and chaired the Optical Confederations Domiciliary Eye Care Committee. Thurka initiated and launched the Peer Support Line for Optometrists. She was nominated as the first Chairwoman for the support line, championing the health and wellbeing of the optometric profession in the UK. She is the former Chairwoman of the East Sussex Local Optical Committee and led the launch of Minor Eye Conditions services in East Sussex.


Her ethos, “patient well-being first” ensures that she will not only address the health of the eyes but she will seek to identify other aspects that help optimise the quality of the patient’s vision.

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Ü Vision Clinic Locations

Oxted, East Grinstead, Crawley, Brighton and Haywards Heath