Health services

The suspended service included £2368 cataract operations, £7719 hernia operations and hip and knee replacements with a price tag of up to £18,143

Patients are being screened to see if they meet visual acuity thresholds

Despite its proven effectiveness, the majority of clinical commissioning groups list cataract surgery as a “procedure of limited clinical value”

LOCSU and Newmedica spoke to OT  about extending its national cataract framework to glaucoma monitoring at 100% Optical

The agreement will enable practices to refer patients to Optegra for cataracts

“The time for surgery is when a patient has symptoms”

The hospital opened in October last year

The business, which is the second largest provider of cataract surgeries in the UK, has opened its ninth site 

Around 15 practices in Primary Eyecare North Yorkshire and Humber have signed up to the post-op cataract scheme

The Leeds site is part of a national rollout of eye health clinics and surgical centres that accept referrals from optometrists