2008 list of all laser eye clinics in Great Britain
You can see a below all the GB laser eye clinics that have an actual building and their own laser - what we can call ‘complete’ self-contained laser eye clinics.
Click on each clinic name to visit their website.
If you would like to more easily see where laser eye surgery is happening near you, click here to see laser eye clinics in the UK, or click here to see laser eye clinics in London.
I have excluded a few others that you can find listed elsewhere but which do not have a dedicated clinic building of their own or have their own laser (some surgeons use a mobile laser delivered on a truck as and when they have a need). Clinics in N. Ireland will also be added presently.
Below are actual permanent clinics that have invested in a premises and laser and offer routine ongoing laser eye treatment on a daily basis. If you find this permanence reassuring you can start with these clinics in your search for a laser vision centre for your treatment. The three big laser chains (Optical Express, Ultralase, Optimax) operate 60 out of the 82 clinics listed here.
| Clinic Name | Clinics | City | Telephone |
| Optical Express | 22 | UK wide | 0870 2202020 |
| Ultralase | 20 | UK wide | 0808 1442020 |
| Optimax | 18 | UK wide | 0870 5143314 |
| Accuvision | 2 | London, Solihull | 0845 0002020 |
| FOCUS Laser Vision | 1 | London | 0845 - 5000 - 500 |
| Advance VisionCare | 1 | London | 0800 6524878 |
| Cambridge Eye Laser Clinic | 1 | Cambridge | 01223 843444 |
| Centre for Sight | 1 | East Grinstead | 0800 0112882 |
| Drayton House Clinic | 1 | Southport | 01704 563279 |
| i: surgery & research centre | 1 | Hull | 01482 339515 |
| Kirkwood Fyfe Laser Eye Clinic | 1 | Aberdeen | 01224 643999 |
| London Vision Clinic | 1 | London | 0800 5874705 |
| Manchester Royal Eye Hospital | 1 | Manchester | 0161 2765198 |
| Midland Eye Institute | 1 | Solihull | 0121 7112020 |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital | 1 | London | 020 75662803 |
| Oxford Eye Laser Centre | 1 | Oxford | 01865 558858 |
| Sheffield Vision Centre | 1 | Sheffield | 0114 2352277 |
| Site-for-Eyes | 1 | Sunderland | 0800 0857755 |
| St. James’s Laser Vision | 1 | Leeds | 0113 2066856 |
| St. Thomas’s Hospital | 1 | London | 01702 586656 |
| Tees Sight Clinic | 1 | Middlesbrough | 01642 222110 |
| Viewpoint Vision | 1 | Manchester | 0161 8480811 |
| Visualase | 1 | Bolton | 0800 7817177 |
| Yorkshire Eye Hospital | 1 | Bradford | 0845 4562021 |
So there is a clear split between the three large volume chain operators and the independent single clinics.
** The big 3 are owned and managed by business interests and are commercial ventures. They employ clinicians (surgeons and optometrists) and other staff to deliver the laser eye service to customers. They all have a stated goal of expansion to more locations and compete with each other in most locations around the UK.
** The single independent clinics are owned and/or managed by surgeons or optometrists. These are business ventures although can be thought of usually as a committed private practice by an individual or a team of clinicians and without the goal of geographical expansion. They are likely to stay as solo clinics.
