In Focus: Consolidation across the nation

Optimism Health Group has acquired the UK’s leading provider of domiciliary eye care services in care homes through its purchase of Visioncall, which it announced this week.

This purchase followed the healthcare investment group’s 2020 acquisition of OutsideClinic, the UK’s largest provider of eye and hearing care to older patients in their own homes.

Henry Pitman, chairman of Optimism, said: ‘I am delighted that we have completed the acquisition of Visioncall, which is a well-established business providing a vital service to some of the most vulnerable people in society.

‘OutsideClinic and Visioncall provide complementary services – eye care at home and in care homes, and together deliver over 200,000 eye tests annually. The acquisition of Visioncall consolidates Optimism’s position as the UK’s leading domiciliary eye and hearing care provider.’