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  • Alegnar
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12 Jul 2023 17:03

I found out a couple of months ago that the consultant, Julian Stevens at Moorfields private hospital who’d ‘advised’ me to have multi focal interocular lens implants retired without mentioning it!!
So, had no specialist to examine my calcifying lenses or replacement possibilities😡 The sagas been going since I found out about the defective lenses in 2015. Originally inserted 2011.
Many know my position many don’t. Thought I’d chosen a top surgeon at a top well known eye hospital.
The procedures are not cheap but I hadn’t bargained for the ultimate costs this has caused to my eye and mental health.

There is a lot of bad and negative repercussions on lens replacements, NEVER go to high street shops. Optical Express Ruined My Life
For more information.

So, luckily a person I know who was in eye care recommended a local consultant who I saw yesterday. Good news is, my sight is still good and the original left lens has still got a window in the middle and I can see well. BUT - I will have to have regular checks 1-2 year. He doesn’t know why I can still see in that eye!

Moral is HAVE GLASSES

  • Alegnar
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16 Jun 2023 18:28

No more ‘free’ check ups then. He kept telling me that ‘we’ll wait & watch’ my left lens calcification. Obviously knew he’d be retiring 😡 Cretin he is.
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admin: You'll find him here: www.julianstevens.co.uk 020 7251 4835

Still (fraudulently) advertising himself on LinkedIn as MEH consultant - one for the ASA
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  • Alegnar
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02 Jun 2023 07:15

Has he finally retired?
I can’t see him listed on Moorfields private
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admin: He left Moorfields Private last year, whether a result of my complaints concerning the fact that, according to their own policy, a consultant given private practicing privileges has to be employed by NHS Moorfields Eye Hospital, which Julian Stevens was not, having retired from the NHS almost two years ago.


www.moorfields-private.co.uk/pages/about-us

Previous Moorfields CEO, David Probert, dismissed my concerns about this, but it could be that his replacement, Dr Martin Kuper, took it on board, even though he rudely ignores my communications attempting to continue where David Probert left off, primarily with reference to collecting data for the high numbers of private patients left damaged, forced to rely on aftercare treatment provided by the NHS - also ignored by the government!.

Meanwhile, Julian now runs his own private practice, and no doubt some of these customers will also end up seeking help from the NHS, possibly referred by Julian himself (via their GP), as I witnessed to be his modus operandi (when I accompanied one of his damaged patients to a consultation at Moorfields Private), unloading his responsibilities and leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab
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  • Rammers
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10 Mar 2023 21:31

I had a nasty experience with Julian Stevens. On 15th February, 2022, I had a YAG Capsulotomy Bilateral at Moorfields with Julian Stevens. I immediately had problems with my vision and informed him. On 17th March, I was diagnosed as having a detached retina in my left eye. I had emergency surgery at Moorfields on 18th March.

I contacted Mr Stevens after the surgery, and he replied on 29th March, "Your -6D myopia in each eye has significant risks of glaucoma, retinal detachment and macular degeneration: 21x retinal detachment risk relative to a normal eye…You would normally have a review consultation with myself 2 to 4 weeks post YAG procedure and the purpose of this is to check the vision, pressure and the retina."

At no time, did he earler suggest that I have a 2 to 4 weeks post-op examination, which may well have detected a retinal tear or the detachment at a much earlier stage.

From my past conversations with him, it is clear he is more interested in his substantial private businesses than patient care. He is careless and best avoided.
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20 Mar 2019 09:48

Hello

Have you had any updates on reviews of this surgeon?
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  • admin
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22 Sep 2018 14:28

Catch up - originally posted elsewhere on 7 Sept!

Founded in 1899, world renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital has a reputation second to none :kiss:

But to be clear, I am referring to Moorfields NHS, not Moorfields Private!

I am regularly contacted by people wanting advice when they’re considering eye surgery, and I do my utmost to dissuade then from risking their healthy eyes, explaining that I will NEVER recommend these procedures for any reason other than being the only option to prevent blindness, or for treatment of cataracts.

And sometimes the response is, ‘But Moorfields is OK isn’t it?'

Then I have to explain that Moorfields Private should not be confused with Moorfields NHS, an oft made mistake, not least because the majority of surgeons use NHS email addresses in their private practices.

'As Moorfields Private (MP) is the UK-based private patient division of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MEH), we only provide services to consultants whose NHS practice is based on MEH.'

'These consultants are employed by MEH in respect of their NHS practice, but with respect to their private practice, they are self-employed practitioners who see and
treat patients under the terms of the MP Practicing Privileges policy
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www.moorfields-private.co.uk/about-us

Julian Stevens has long been revered as one of Moorfields’ top surgeons, as he's blurbed on his own website, 'Mr Stevens is a highly skilled and specialist surgeon... highly driven to achieve the best possible visual outcomes… regarded as an expert opinion leader…


www.julianstevens.co.uk

Unfortunately, not all of Julian’s patients would agree with these accolades, including Ms L, who I accompanied to her meeting with Declan Flanagan and Maria Dimmock on 8 August to discuss her complaint (posted in General Chat Topic).

Ms L has a number of problems as a result of lasek in 2014, including induced astigmatism and dry eye disease. And nor is she the only one of Julian’s patients who's contacted me over the years complaining about serious dry eyes post op.

I met Julian Stevens for the first time in 2014, when I accompanied another of his patients to a meeting. But Julian was more concerned with impressing me than addressing the patient’s problems. He also arranged for that patient’s GP to refer her to his NHS clinic rather than continue to fund the cost of treating her privately!

These two paragraphs are from Julian's 8 page ‘LASEK Consent 2013’, the only info Ms L had about MMC pre surgery.

Page 3, para 2: ‘Mitomycin C 0.02% may be applied to the cornea after the refractive laser treatment. This is a powerful agent that has been shown to greatly reduce the risk of post-operative scarring in the treated region. For this reason it is widely used. This medication is commonly applied for 10-15 seconds but for very large treatments this may be up to 45 seconds. It is then irrigated from the treated region. Though it is a powerful agent to prevent corneal scarring its use is very carefully controlled to avoid potential toxicity and long-term complication. Studies have documented safety with 3 year follow-up but very long term safety is unknown.’

Wow - ‘long term safety is unknown’!

Page 6 paragraph 2: ’I understand that LASEK treatment is a modern form of surface excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy and involves removal of a thin layer of tissue from the cornea.. The longest follow up of PRK treatment is 20 years. The very long-term effects of this treatment are not yet definitely known and this particularly applies where Mitomycin-C is used per op to control post op wound healing.'

At no time did Julian Stevens convey any of this info to Ms L in person, and even when she'd read it through, and asked for time to discuss it with him on the day of surgery, she was refused.

And until I told her, Ms L had no idea that MMC is not licensed for use in laser eye surgery.

Ms L was not fully consented!

Btw, a recent Confocal microscopy scan showed that Ms L has been left with damaged nerves as result of the surgery.

For the time being Ms L has asked not to be identified by name, as there is more to her story still to come.

Meanwhile, next week I look forward to meeting with Moorfields CEO, David Probert, and the new Medical Director, Nick Strouthidis, Declan’s successor.

Given the numbers of patients damaged by the private sector, and forced to seek expensive aftercare at Moorfields NHS, I hope to gain their support for My Beautiful Eyes campaign calling for government regulation.

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OERML & My Beautiful Eyes Foundation rely on your support to expose the horrors of this unregulated industry.

Your help is very much appreciated!

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