Lens replacement surgery in Birmingham

Private lens replacement in Birmingham runs from £3,200 per eye with a monofocal implant to £4,800 per eye for a toric trifocal. The quote is itemised and includes your scans, the surgery, 12 months of consultant aftercare at the Bristol Road clinic and YAG laser cover.

Consultations and reviews take place at the Birmingham clinic, 96 Bristol Road, Edgbaston (B5 7XJ) — a short walk from University station and minutes from the QE hospital campus. Every follow-up stays at the same site with the same surgeon.

Birmingham consultation appointments are usually available within 5 to 7 days, with surgery around 2 to 3 weeks later once biometry is confirmed and your lens is ordered. Patients travelling in from Solihull, Coventry or Wolverhampton can combine the consultation and pre-operative scans into one visit.

Yes. Most patients come from Edgbaston, Harborne and Selly Oak, with a steady flow from Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Bromsgrove and Lichfield — all within 35 minutes of the Bristol Road clinic.

The technique is identical — micro-incision phacoemulsification with an intraocular lens implant. Cataract surgery removes a cloudy lens; refractive lens exchange replaces a still-clear lens to correct focus and presbyopia. Either way you can never develop a cataract in that eye afterwards.

Refractive lens exchange is normally self-pay because it is elective, while cataract surgery is usually covered. Ms Pearsall is recognised by Bupa, AXA Health, Aviva, WPA, Cigna, Vitality and Healix, and the secretary will tell you honestly which pathway applies before you commit.

No — the second eye normally follows one to two weeks after the first at the Birmingham clinic. That allows the second lens power to be refined using the real-world result of the first eye, which improves the accuracy of your final refraction, especially with toric and trifocal lenses.