Optimax

UK laser eye treatment clinic

Optimax Clinics LimitedCompany type| Private

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Industry| Healthcare
Founded| 1991
Headquarters| Birmingham, England, UK

Area served

| United Kingdom

Key people

| Beata McManus (CEO)
Website| http://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.[1]

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.[2]

## History

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In 2002, Optimax performed their 100,000th laser eye surgery procedure.[3]

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.[4]

In December 2012 Russell Keith Ambrose acquired Ultralase Ltd.[5][6]

Under Eye Hospitals Group Limited, Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited is the sister company to Optimax, sharing clinics, surgeons, optometrists, and working as one family.[7][8]

In April 2014 Nominet dismissed a complaint by Optical Express that Russell Keith Ambrose had funded a website critical of Optical Express.[9] 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.[10]

On 27 November 2020, after claiming insolvency, Optimax Clinics Ltd entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) for four years.[11]

## See also

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* Private healthcare in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "Eye Surgery Compare - Optimax Laser Eye Surgery". eyesurgerycompare.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
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".

## External links

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* Official website

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