So, how much is your eyesight worth?

After hip and knee replacement, it is our precious eyes that cause the largest waiting list. Over 600,000 people….. yes, 600,000 people in England are on the NHS waiting list for eye treatment. I can’t even imagine having healthy sight followed by poor or loss of sight. Since 2019, over 500 people have lost their sight which could have been prevented with earlier intervention. I can’t see anything in the near future that will change the current situation. Just where do you find thousands of optometrist’s overnight? Another area of the NHS desperately struggling to meet demand.

Ironically, one of the most commonly asked questions we hear (along with hip and knee issues) are from people seeking treatment for eye care. Private healthcare significantly reduces diagnostic times and thus, the treatment of the condition. The outcome could be saving your sight or delaying degenerative sight loss for much longer.

Do you think PMI is expensive? Most people are pleasantly surprised at how little it costs. Give us five minutes of your time to find out how little it can cost to cover you, your family or even your employees.

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Source- Freedom Of Information Act on behalf of the Association of Optometry

Article Link- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11907861/Eye-patients-slowly-losing-sight-stuck-NHS-backlog.html