28 September and 12 October 2017
During a routine inspection
CESP (Surrey) is operated by Consultant Eye Surgeons Partnership (Surrey) LLP. The partnership is composed of six ophthalmic specialists, who are employed by an NHS trust.
CESP provides elective ophthalmic surgery to around 300 private patients annually, using facilities at the trust’s eye day care unit. Patients are generally referred by their optometrist and either fund their own treatment or pay through an insurer. These people have visual problems caused by the formation of cataracts, where the natural lens in the eye becomes cloudy. The service specialises in intra-ocular surgery to remove cataracts and replace them with implanted plastic lenses, usually under local anaesthetic. Other treatments designed to improve vision after cataract surgery are also offered, including laser therapy.