Optimax
{{Short description|UK laser eye treatment clinic}}
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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.{{cite web |url= http://www.eyesurgerycompare.co.uk/optimax-laser-eye-surgery |title= Eye Surgery Compare - Optimax Laser Eye Surgery |first= |last= |work= eyesurgerycompare.co.uk |year= |access-date=1 April 2014}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/2010/11/26/26744/Ten+years+of+trends+in+UK+refractive+surgery.htm |title=Eye Health Problems and Eye Health Care Features from Optician Online - Ten years of trends in UK refractive surgery |first= |last= |work=opticianonline.net |year= |access-date=1 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001015409/http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/2010/11/26/26744/Ten+years+of+trends+in+UK+refractive+surgery.htm |archive-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
History
In 2002, Optimax performed their 100,000th laser eye surgery procedure.{{cite web |url= http://www.eyesurgerycompare.co.uk/optimax-laser-eye-surgery |title= Eye Surgery Compare - Optimax Laser Eye Surgery |first= |last= |work= eyesurgerycompare.co.uk |year= |access-date=1 April 2014}}
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.{{cite web |url= http://www.lasikreviews.co.uk/lasik-clinic-compare-optical-ultralase-optimax.htm |title=Compare for Optical Express, Ultralase, Optimax. What Lasik clinic should I choose in UK? |first= |last= |work=lasikreviews.co.uk |year= |access-date=1 September 2011}}
In December 2012 Russell Keith Ambrose acquired Ultralase Ltd.{{Cite book |last=Competition Commission |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/551948ec40f0b61401000199/final_report.pdf |title=Optimax Clinics Limited and Ultralase Limited: A report on the completed acquisition by Optimax Clinics Limited of Ultralase Limited |year=2013}}{{Cite web |date=2012-12-05 |title=Optimax rescue guarantees Ultralase's future - Ambrose {{!}} TheBusinessDesk.com |url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/404522-optimax-rescue-guarantees-ultralase-s-future-ambrose |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Yorkshire |language=en}}
Under Eye Hospitals Group Limited, Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited is the sister company to Optimax, sharing clinics, surgeons, optometrists, and working as one family.{{Cite web |title=EYE HOSPITALS GROUP LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08307617/officers |website=gov.uk}}{{Cite web |title=About us; Ultralase |url=https://www.ultralase.com/about-us/ |website=ultraslase.com}}
In April 2014 Nominet dismissed a complaint by Optical Express that Russell Keith Ambrose had funded a website critical of Optical Express.{{cite web |last=Rodoy |first=Sasha |title=Home; Optical Express Ruined My Life |url=https://www.opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk/ |website=opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/05/optical-express-ruined-my-life-ruling|title=Optical Express loses bid to close laser eye surgery critic's website|author=Daniel Boffey|date=5 April 2014|website=www.theguardian.com|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited}}
On 27 November 2020, after claiming insolvency, Optimax Clinics Ltd entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) for four years.{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07200452/insolvency|title = OPTIMAX CLINICS LIMITED insolvency - Find and update company information - GOV.UK}}
See also
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.optimax.co.uk}}
Category:Health care companies of England
Category:Health care companies established in 1991
Category:Eye care in the United Kingdom
Category:Companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
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