Updated 14 December 2017
Optimax Laser Eye Clinics – Newton Abbot (hereafter known as ‘the clinic’) is operated by Optimax Clinics Limited. The hospital/service opened in 2011. It is a private clinic in Newton Abbot, Devon. The clinic primarily serves the communities of the South West. It also accepts patient referrals from outside this area.
The clinic provides laser eye surgery for adults who pay privately for their care and treatment. No NHS funded work was completed at this clinic.The service provides refractive eye surgery and intraocular lens surgery for day case adult patients. There are no overnight facilities. All surgery is carried out using topical anaesthesia. Refractive lens surgery is undertaken on one day per month, intraocular lens replacement surgery is carried out on two days per month. All patient activity is part of the surgery pathway and is carried out at the clinic premises.
The registered manager was in post since November 2011. The service was inspected previously on two occasions, in November 2012 and in April 2014. At the most recent previous inspection in April 2014, the service was found to have met the standards inspected. These included: respecting and involving people who use the service; care and welfare of people who use the service; cleanliness and infection control; safety, availability and suitability of equipment; requirements relating to workers.