At Moorfields Private, we offer three main types of vision correction.
At your initial consultation, you will be fully assessed and your consultant will discuss which option is right for you, taking into consideration your eye health, prescription, age, lifestyle and many other factors.
Refractive laser eye surgery
Using a precision laser to reshape the cornea and very accurately correct short sight (myopia), long sight (hyperopia), and astigmatism.
Implantable contact lenses (ICL)
Soft, flexible implants to correct your vision. You cannot see or feel ICLs after implantation, and they do not need to be cleaned.
Refractive lens exchange
A common vision correction procedure which involves replacing the natural lens inside the eye with a synthetic implant.
Our vision correction team
Our multidisciplinary refractive team ensure your eyes are in the best hands.
Our expert team of consultants are all Moorfields NHS consultants who are required to meet the highest standards of qualification and training.
This expertise means that we are frequently able to treat patients who have been turned away for vision correction from other providers.
Your consultant will be with you each step of your journey. You will meet your surgeon at initial consultation and they will personally assess your eyes and treatment plan. They will also conduct your surgery and follow up appointments, ensuring continuity of care for every patient.
Our refractive suites are staffed by dedicated refractive ophthalmic nurses and technicians who work closely with the consultant team every day to ensure the highest quality of care.
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There's a number of features that we offer here at Moorfields. I think first and foremost is expertise that you may not necessarily guarantee to get elsewhere all staff for example who work within Moorfields Private are also substantive. Consultants within Moorfields NHS and that's the standard of care that gives patients the reassurance that the treatment that they're going to be receiving is of the very highest quality.
The second is continuity of care. It'll be the same consultant that does the treatment it'll be the same consultant that is responsible for their aftercare and follow-up consultation so that every step of the journey they're seeing the same face and the same team.
And perhaps the final advantage of coming to Moorfields is the reputation that we provide safe care, appropriate care and ultimately the right advice.
We have regularly patients booking in for second opinions examples may be patients who haven't had any procedure yet they may have had a consultation elsewhere and they're looking to more fields for a sort of fresh input to see whether we give them the same advice that they got elsewhere and in some cases the right advice is actually for the patient not to have any treatment at all and that may be disappointing for them but ultimately it's safe.
Because of the the Moorfield's reputation we also see probably more than our fair share of those patients with a very unusual prescriptions - very high prescriptions - patients that have had surgery elsewhere and perhaps they haven't got the right result first time around. And so we're able to offer patients a sort of fresh look at the issues that they have if they've previously had problems elsewhere and perhaps provide them with a solution or options to to improve the situation.
It would be quite unusual if a patient was contemplating any form of elective surgery and not had a certain degree of apprehension about it. That's quite positive in a way because it usually drives questions about if the procedure is safe what are the risks. And one of the key responsibilities that we have as consultants is to make sure the patient is fully informed about the good and the bad.
The three types of vision correction are laser eye surgery, a refractive lens exchange, and implantable contact lenses.
The facilities we have here at Moorfield Private are really second to none in terms of the equipment. For example, the laser equipment we replace every three years. To be able to stay up to date with equipment enables us to stay at the forefront of the developments on the manufacturing side and to be able to offer patients the very latest in precision laser instrumentation.
There is a a recognition both domestically and internationally that the quality of care that we provide and the research that we undertake is really of the very high standard, and the benefit of that is not only just to patients in the past but also to patients walking through the door now, being part of the innovation of care as it improves in the future. And you don't necessarily get that in many other centers. Moorfield reputation, certainly within the UK, and for patients who are making an elective decision where they may be apprehensive about their vision to put their trust in us, with the history that we have, I hope is the reassurance that they're looking for.
To find out how we can help you and to book an appointment, please call us on 0800-328-3421 or find us online at www.moorfields.nhs.uk/private
Over
2000
vision correction procedures performed every year
We have
11
specialist vision correction surgeons
We have
3
state-of-the-art refractive lasers in our refractive suite
Second opinions
If you've had a vision correction procedure elsewhere and would like a second opinion, our refractive team offer a second opinion service.
This is suitable for patients who have not had their original surgery at Moorfields Private and would like their case reviewed. This may be because the surgery didn't achieve the results you were hoping for, you are experiencing side effects, or you would like a second vision correction procedure.
A second opinion is priced outside of our package pricing. This is because your consultation and treatment will be tailored to you and your individual case. Your initial consultation is likely to be longer and may last up to two hours including any tests.
In order to get the most out of your appointment, you should bring any information you have from your previous surgery and your prescription history if you have it available.
Additional treatment isn't possible or advisable in every case, but our consultants will assess your surgery and vision, and advise the best course of action for you.
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