Optimax is a laser eye treatment specialist based in Birmingham, England, owned by Russell Keith Ambrose.
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.[1]
History
In 2002, Optimax performed their 100,000th laser eye surgery procedure.[2]
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.[3]
In December 2012 Russell Keith Ambrose acquired Ultralase Ltd.[4][5]
Under Eye Hospitals Group Limited, Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited is the sister company to Optimax, sharing clinics, surgeons, optometrists, and working as one family.[6][7]
In April 2014 Nominet dismissed a complaint by Optical Express that Russell Keith Ambrose had funded a website critical of Optical Express.[8] 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.[9]
On 27 November 2020, after claiming insolvency, Optimax Clinics Ltd entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) for four years.[10]
See also
- Private healthcare in the United Kingdom
External links
References
- Eye Health Problems and Eye Health Care Features from Optician Online - Ten years of trends in UK refractive surgery opticianonline.net, retrieved 1 September 2011^
- Eye Surgery Compare - Optimax Laser Eye Surgery eyesurgerycompare.co.uk, retrieved 1 April 2014^
- Compare for Optical Express, Ultralase, Optimax. What Lasik clinic should I choose in UK? lasikreviews.co.uk, retrieved 1 September 2011^
- Competition Commission. Optimax Clinics Limited and Ultralase Limited: A report on the completed acquisition by Optimax Clinics Limited of Ultralase Limited 2013^
- Optimax rescue guarantees Ultralase's future - Ambrose Yorkshire, 2012-12-05, retrieved 2023-10-27^
- EYE HOSPITALS GROUP LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK gov.uk^
- About us; Ultralase ultraslase.com^
- Sasha Rodoy. Home; Optical Express Ruined My Life opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk^
- Daniel Boffey. Optical Express loses bid to close laser eye surgery critic's website www.theguardian.com, Guardian News and Media Limited, 5 April 2014^
- OPTIMAX CLINICS LIMITED insolvency - Find and update company information - GOV.UK^