{{Short description|UK laser eye treatment clinic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Optimax Clinics Limited | logo = | type = Private | genre = | foundation = 1991 | founder = | location_city = | location_country = | location = Birmingham, England, UK | locations = | area_served = United Kingdom | key_people = Beata McManus (CEO) | industry = Healthcare | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | caption = | homepage = https://www.optimax.co.uk | footnotes = | intl = }} '''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==History== In 2002, Optimax performed their 100,000th laser eye surgery procedure.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In December 2012 Russell Keith Ambrose acquired Ultralase Ltd.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
Under Eye Hospitals Group Limited, Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited is the sister company to Optimax, sharing clinics, surgeons, optometrists, and working as one family.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About us; Ultralase |url=https://www.ultralase.com/about-us/ |website=ultraslase.com}}</ref>
In April 2014 Nominet dismissed a complaint by Optical Express that Russell Keith Ambrose had funded a website critical of Optical Express.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rodoy |first=Sasha |title=Home; Optical Express Ruined My Life |url=https://www.opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk/ |website=opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
On 27 November 2020, after claiming insolvency, Optimax Clinics Ltd entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) for four years.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==See also== *Private healthcare in the United Kingdom
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://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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