Lens replacement surgery in Glasgow

Yes. Scottish patients are treated at the Leeds clinic on The Headrow, an eight-minute walk from Leeds station and around three hours by direct train from Glasgow Central. The consultation, full diagnostic scans and written quote are completed in a single visit so you only travel once before surgery.

The same UK price applies: from £3,200 per eye for a monofocal implant up to £4,800 per eye for a toric trifocal, itemised in writing, including diagnostics, 12 months of consultant aftercare and YAG laser cover. There is no travel surcharge.

Typically three: one consultation-and-scans visit, one surgery visit for the first eye and one for the second eye one to two weeks later, with the day-one check the following morning. Later reviews can be handled remotely with local optometry reports where appropriate.

It is worth it when you want one named consultant doing the consultation, the lens selection and the operation. Many Scottish patients specifically want a high-volume consultant with a full premium lens range rather than a limited house-lens list.

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 Leeds 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.