11 eye-surgery providers within 10 miles of central Manchester hold their own registration with the Care Quality Commission - independent-sector clinics and eye hospitals registered for surgical procedures, listed below from the register of 1 October 2026 with the rating the CQC has published for each. The nearest to the centre is Optimax Laser Eye Clinics - Manchester, 0.4 miles away. One NHS eye hospital registered as its own location is within 10 miles and is listed separately below; NHS eye clinics run inside general hospitals are not registered separately, so they do not appear here.
10 of the 11 belong to groups that operate across England - SpaMedica (3), Optical Express (2), CHEC (2), Optimax / Ultralase, Optegra, Newmedica - and 1 is run by a single-site or two-site practice. 5 of the 11 have a published CQC overall rating: 5 Good. The ratings were published between 27 December 2017 and 15 August 2022, so check the date next to each one - a rating is a snapshot of an inspection, not a running score. Going by the clinics’ own or their operators’ websites, which we were able to read for 8 of the 11, they have pages on cataract surgery (8), YAG laser (7), glaucoma treatment (6), eyelid surgery (5), macular and retinal treatment (5), lens replacement (4).
Registered eye-surgery clinics, nearest first
| Clinic · operator | Where (straight-line miles from the centre) | CQC overall rating (published) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimax Laser Eye Clinics - Manchester Optimax Clinics Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, lens replacement, laser eye surgery, implantable contact lenses (ICL) | 1 Albert Square, Manchester M2 3FU · 0.4 mi | Good (1 November 2019) | operator’s website · CQC record |
| SpaMedica Manchester SpaMedica Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, YAG laser, glaucoma treatment, eyelid surgery, macular and retinal treatment | City Gate Central, Blantyre Street, Manchester M15 4SQ · 1.0 mi | Good (31 December 2019) | operator’s website · CQC record |
| ACES Bridgewater Hospital Anglia Community Eye Service Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, YAG laser, glaucoma treatment, eyelid surgery | Bridgewater Wellness Clinic, 120 Princess Road, Manchester M15 5AT · 1.3 mi | No published overall rating | operator’s website · CQC record |
| Bridgewater Hospital Optical Express Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, lens replacement, laser eye surgery, YAG laser, dry eye treatment | 120 Princess Road, Manchester M15 5AT · 1.3 mi | Good (6 January 2022) | operator’s website · CQC record |
| Optegra Manchester Eye Hospital Optegra UK Website has pages on: cataract surgery, lens replacement, laser eye surgery, implantable contact lenses (ICL), YAG laser, glaucoma treatment, macular and retinal treatment | The Boulevard, Didsbury M20 2EU · 3.3 mi | Good (15 August 2022) | website · CQC record |
| Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service Manchester West Newmedica Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, lens replacement, YAG laser, glaucoma treatment, eyelid surgery, macular and retinal treatment, floater treatment | Unit 27, Blackmore Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0QY · 3.8 mi | No published overall rating | operator’s website · CQC record |
| SpaMedica Sale SpaMedica Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, YAG laser, glaucoma treatment, eyelid surgery, macular and retinal treatment | Part Ground Floor (West Area 2), One Dovecote, Old Hall Road, Sale M33 2GZ · 4.4 mi | No published overall rating | operator’s website · CQC record |
| CHEC - Trafford Park Community Health and Eyecare | 1 Old Park Lane, Urmston, Manchester M41 7HA · 5.0 mi | No published overall rating | operator’s website · CQC record |
| Regency Eye Hospital Manchester Eye and Cosmetic Clinic | 2 Gibwood Road, Northenden, Manchester M22 4BT · 5.1 mi | Good (27 December 2017) | CQC record |
| Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Stockport) Community Health and Eyecare | 2 Stockport Exchange, Stockport SK1 3SW · 5.8 mi | No published overall rating | operator’s website · CQC record |
| SpaMedica Oldham SpaMedica Operator’s website has pages on: cataract surgery, YAG laser, glaucoma treatment, eyelid surgery, macular and retinal treatment | First Floor, Churchill House/Oldham Kidney Care Centre, 48 Sheepfoot Lane, Oldham OL1 2PD · 7.1 mi | No published overall rating | operator’s website · CQC record |
Two registrations at one address are shown as two rows: ACES Bridgewater Hospital and Bridgewater Hospital (M15 5AT).
Straight-line distance from the centroid of the M1 postcode district. Source: Care Quality Commission register (1 October 2026) and directory (7 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS eye unit
Registered NHS eye hospital within 10 miles of the centre. For NHS waiting times by nation see NHS cataract surgery waiting times.
| Clinic · operator | Where (straight-line miles from the centre) | CQC overall rating (published) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Manchester Eye Hospital Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 2 The Boulevard, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL · 1.1 mi | Outstanding (19 March 2019) | website · CQC record |
General private hospitals within 10 miles
These are registered as acute hospitals with surgical procedures, not as eye clinics. The register does not say whether a hospital offers eye surgery, so this list is here for completeness: check the hospital’s own site before you rely on it.
| Clinic · operator | Where (straight-line miles from the centre) | CQC overall rating (published) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklands Hospital Ramsay Health Care UK Operations | 19 Lancaster Road, Salford M6 8AQ · 3.6 mi | Good (13 July 2026) | website · CQC record |
| Spire Manchester Hospital Spire Healthcare | 170 Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2AF · 3.6 mi | Outstanding (20 October 2022) | CQC record |
| The Alexandra Hospital Circle Health Group | Mill Lane, Cheadle SK8 2PX · 5.6 mi | Good (9 March 2022) | website · CQC record |
| The Highfield Hospital Circle Health Group | Manchester Road, Rochdale OL11 4LZ · 9.3 mi | Outstanding (8 August 2022) | website · CQC record |
Eye services not registered for surgery
Registered eye-care providers in the area whose registration does not include surgical procedures (community eye services, optometry-led clinics).
| Clinic · operator | Where (straight-line miles from the centre) | CQC overall rating (published) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Eyecare Services Primary Eyecare Services | Unit 2.2, Waulk Mill, 51 Bengal Street, Manchester M4 6LN · 0.6 mi | Good (19 June 2026) | CQC record |
How to use this list
The register tells you who is registered, for what, where and how the CQC rated them. It does not tell you prices, waiting times or which surgeon you would see; for those, go to the clinic’s own site through the link on its row. No clinic on this page has paid to appear and none is a partner of Eye Surgery Clinic - we have no partner clinic covering Greater Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Stockport and Oldham at present, so an enquiry made here is not passed to any of them.
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