SpaMedica Preston awarded 'outstanding' rating

SpaMedica Preston received an ‘outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for cataract treatment, according to an inspection report.

The company said it was graded highest for care and surgery for being effective, caring and responsive to people’s needs, with patient outcomes that were ‘positive, consistent and exceeded expectations.’ Meanwhile, ratings for safety and management were ‘good.’

The CQC highlighted effective services which have helped reduce NHS backlog, such as free patient transport, low interoperative complication rates, a 24-hour, seven-day on-call service and support for post-operative complications in-house, and commended training given through its ophthalmic ‘dry lab’ facility for practising surgery.