Optegra Diagnostic Clinics | Optegra Cataract Services

About Optegra Diagnostics Clinics

Patients have the legal right to choose where to receive NHS treatment. The NHS offers many options to help you make choices that best fit your needs, giving you more control over your care and hopefully better results.

You should always be given a choice when being referred and have the chance to discuss your options with the person referring you. If you feel you haven’t been offered a choice, talk to the person who is referring you.

At Optegra, we have a range of conveniently located clinics who are ideally equipped to diagnose you for your NHS cataract treatment. Each of our diagnostic clinics is fully equipped and staffed by our experienced team, ensuring you receive the same exceptional care as your patient would at our main hospitals.

Below is the journey you can expect once you have been referred to your nearest Optegra clinic.

Prompt booking. Nice location and clean modern interior. Efficient, friendly, all well explained. Short operation. Very quick recovery. Much improved eyesight. And all on the NHS.

Jane Fuller

Optegra NHS Cataract Patient

1. Diagnosis & referral

Following your diagnosis from your optometrist or GP, you can be referred to Optegra or another local hospital of your choice. Once our dedicated NHS team receive and process your referral, you will be contacted by our clinical team to complete a telephone assessment within three days.

2. Pre-assessment & booking your initial appointment

During your telephone pre-assessment, a member of our clinical team will ask you a series of medical questions and book your initial appointment.

3. Initial Appointment

You will be greeted by our reception team. A member of our healthcare team will complete a series of vision and diagnostic tests in one of our clinics close to your home.

You will then be handed over to one of our dedicated optometrists who will confirm your suitability for surgery, answer any questions you may have and will complete your first stage of consent.

4. Booking your surgery

Following your initial appointment, our dedicated NHS team will be in contact to arrange your surgery date.

5. Day of surgery

Your cataract surgery will be conducted at one of our dedicated eye hospitals. You will be greeted by our reception team. A nurse will come and collect you and take you to the ward for pre-surgery checks. Your consultant will complete second stage consent and ask a series of questions prior to taking you to theatre for a 15 minute surgical procedure.

Following surgery, you will head back to the ward where a nurse will explain post-operative care and what to expect next.

6. Your post-operative appointment & discharge

Your post-op assessment will be booked with either your local optometrist. After discharge, please continue to arrange your routine sight tests with your local optometrist.