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eye surgery as NHS waiting lists break new records.
Since launching four years ago, OCL Vision has treated
more than 11,000 private patients and saw 4,115 new
patients in the past year alone.
Demand is particularly high for laser eye surgery, with
OCL's surgeons carrying out 50% more laser procedures
in the past 12 months than they did during the pre-Covid
year 2018-19. The clinic also claims to be playing a leading
role in easing the pressure on the NHS, which is wrestling
with huge patient backlogs following the pandemic.
Indeed, data from NHS England shows that in October
2022, 7.2m patients who had been referred for hospital
treatment were still waiting to be seen - the highest
number on record - while almost 411,000 people had been
waiting over a year for treatment, three times longer than
the NHS's target of 18 weeks from referral.
Resources
Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care
www.scrivens.com
Orbis UK
www.orbis.org.uk
OCL Vision
www.oclvision.com
For more information on lenses for driving see this
article from Optometry Today, the newsletter of the UK's
Association of Optometry: www.aop.org.uk
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