This eliminates the inconvenient need to apply a range of eye drops four times a day for four weeks post-surgery. Which is why we have expanded our services and hospitals to meet the needs of tens of thousands of NHS cataract patients over recent years. She knew about the drop regime which cataract patients normally have, as her friend had recently experienced it. Prior to Covid it performed 3,000 NHS cataract operations. It has opened 11 dedicated NHS cataract clinics around the UK, bringing this life-changing surgery to more patients, and delivering treatment within just weeks of referral.