Good second opinion ophthalmologist in London not connected to Moorfields?

[RoobarbeandCustard]

Hi,
Does anyone happen to know of a good ophthalmologist in London - preferably not connected to Moorfields?
(Dry eye specialist+refractive surgeon+nice+empathic+supportive!) Tall order, I know.

Thank you for any suggestions!
Best wishes,
Elizabeth
"I'd rather be swallowed by a giant octopus than let a laser surgeon near my eyes again."

[littlemermaid]

http://www.eyecliniclondon.com/ and http://advancedvisionsurgery.com/ fit your London criteria and are nice - search 'dry eye ophthalmology London' reveals a few more advertising so hopefully more people will post. http://www.moorfields-private.co.uk/...ts/stephentuft is an option. I haven't been through it, but normally lasik companies refer to 'complications clinic'. A Midlands laser clinic referred someone here to Prof Harminder Dua eventually, for example. Unfortunately if patients go down the medical harm solicitor route, we never hear which ophthalmologists they use because they sign non-disclosure clauses. For an ongoing Medical Record, I would seek an NHS consultant too, like Moorfields NHS or head of cornea service in a big teaching hospital. The pre-surgery assessment can be requested, and where a hospital Trust runs a private business, the Medical Record is shared. There is so little information about what happens after surgery but I'm sure they know. Other providers may not have access to equipment and meds, eg confocal microscopy, autologous serum drops, alternatives to steroids, scleral lenses. A high street complications clinic should not just be an optometrist prescribing steroid. Hope you find supportive doctors to see you through as you heal.

Dr Phil Hammond's book 'Staying Alive: How to Get the Best from the NHS' has been useful generally, particularly for moral support.

[RoobarbeandCustard]

Thank you little mermaid for all that info. I'll look into it. I was operated on by a "top surgeon" at Moorfields and he hasn't been that supportive which is why I am trying to find a second surgeon for 2nd opinion but not connected to the private Moorfields' clinic.

BW
Elizabeth

[unicorn]

Hi Elizabeth

Sent you a PM. Echoing Littlemermaid, I can personally vouch for eyecliniclondon.com - truly excellent care. And remarkably, fits your criteria of "Dry eye specialist, refractive surgeon, nice, empathic, and supportive". Quite a find!
Hope things will get better for you with good care.

[littlemermaid]

RoobarbeandCustard, There's an expectation that the Trust support people after surgery, whether it's the expected 1:100 or more. Also as the national eye hospital with a specialist pharmacy for treatment and meds we can't access elsewhere. It would be good to continue a Medical Record with Moorfields NHS, and have the original metrics and progress recorded on their amazing pioneering shared database http://www.openeyes.org.uk/. Post-refractive surgery is not yet tracked by national eye outcomes data https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/standards-...logy-database/ except for cataracts but it was requested in a House of Commons Select Committee. Obviously stress and loss of trust make this difficult at first, but there are other kinder and more responsible consultants and professionals who work there, running separate cornea clinics. It's important that your vision is monitored carefully, particularly with the anisometropia so young. Their counselling staff have supported our post-lasik patients before http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content...nd-counselling.

There is a similar ophthalmology database initiative in US to track outcomes http://www.aao.org/iris-registry