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UK laser eye treatment clinic

Optimax Clinics Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealthcare
Founded1991
HeadquartersBirmingham, England, UK
Area servedUnited Kingdom
Key peopleBeata McManus (CEO)
Websitehttp://www.optimax.co.uk

Optimax is a laser eye treatment specialist based in Birmingham, England, owned by Russell Keith Ambrose. Optimax was established as one of the first private clinics to offer laser eye surgery.

Laser eye surgery in the UK is dominated by three main companies Optical Express, Ultralase and Optimax which, in total, account for approximately 56% of clinics in the UK.

History

In 2002, Optimax performed their 100,000th laser eye surgery procedure.

Optimax operates clinics throughout the UK, providing laser and lens eye surgery procedures.

Optimax advertise as being the first company to introduce Femtosecond laser, IntraLASIK and Schwind lasers.

In December 2012 Russell Keith Ambrose acquired Ultralase Ltd.

Under Eye Hospitals Group Limited, Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited is the sister company to Optimax, sharing clinics, surgeons, optometrists, and working as one family.

In April 2014 Nominet dismissed a complaint by Optical Express that Russell Keith Ambrose had funded a website critical of Optical Express. Its author, Sasha Rodoy, My Beautiful Eyes Foundation campaigner and Patient Advocate, underwent lasek eye surgery at Optimax in 2011, resulting in her eyes being irreparably damaged.

On 27 November 2020, after claiming insolvency, Optimax Clinics Ltd entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) for four years.

See also

References

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  2. "Eye Health Problems and Eye Health Care Features from Optician Online - Ten years of trends in UK refractive surgery". opticianonline.net. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. "Eye Surgery Compare - Optimax Laser Eye Surgery". eyesurgerycompare.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. "Compare for Optical Express, Ultralase, Optimax. What Lasik clinic should I choose in UK?". lasikreviews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. Competition Commission (2013). Optimax Clinics Limited and Ultralase Limited: A report on the completed acquisition by Optimax Clinics Limited of Ultralase Limited (PDF).
  6. "Optimax rescue guarantees Ultralase's future - Ambrose | TheBusinessDesk.com". Yorkshire. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. "EYE HOSPITALS GROUP LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". gov.uk.
  8. "About us; Ultralase". ultraslase.com.
  9. Rodoy, Sasha. "Home; Optical Express Ruined My Life". opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk.
  10. Daniel Boffey (5 April 2014). "Optical Express loses bid to close laser eye surgery critic's website". www.theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Limited.
  11. "OPTIMAX CLINICS LIMITED insolvency - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".

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