Optegra expands portfolio with Wetherby acquisition

Optegra Eye Care has acquired private eye care clinic Custom Vision Clinic in Wetherby, Yorkshire, as part of expansion plans into private healthcare, which now include 25 UK hospitals and clinics. 

Former owner of Custom Vision Clinic, ophthalmic consultant surgeon James Ball, who previously worked at Optegra, has returned to Optegra as an ambassador surgeon to continue managing the clinic, retaining his 12 existing clinical and administrative employees. 

Ball said: 'I am very much looking forward to my whole team working within the Optegra network and feel we are very much aligned in our commitment to providing the highest standard of patient care and treatment. I am excited to re-brand the clinic under the very well-respected Optegra banner.'