Candid and trustworthy advice about eye treatment

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Custom Vision Clinics does not offer a one-size fits all treatment. Instead, we select the most appropriate tool to the fix the patient’s visual problem.

We offer first-class, comprehensive eye assessment and customised eye treatment performed by James Ball, MA FRCOphth, in Leeds North, Leeds Centre, and Bradford / Harrogate.

Unlike high street clinics or private hospitals, we don’t attempt to qualify you within our range of clinical offerings (i.e. LASIK), instead, we assess your eyes without prejudice and recommend the best eye treatment for you, even if it is not offered at the specific eye clinic in which you are assessed.

Latest news: James Ball featured on TV

BBC Look North interviews James Ball on the dangers of contact lens wear

See the BBC clip here. (You'll need Real Player to play this video). Or, view the video clip on the BBC Look North Website.

BBC Look North features James Ball performing "the most advanced laser eye surgery in the country"

Why choose Custom Vision Clinics for your eye surgery?

We offer the full range of available treatments to treat shortsight, longsight, astigmatism, presbyopia and cataracts, (and other conditions such as keratoconus and higher order aberrations). To treat these conditions, we use the most advanced eye treatment techniques including LASIK, surface laser treatment (LASEK, ASA, PRK, Epi-LASEK), Presbyopia lens exchange (PRELEX), and cataract surgery. For selected patients, we also offer Phakic IOLs, Intacs and Cross-Linking (CR-3).

Custom Vision Clinics is at the cutting edge of refractive treatment options, so we can tailor the treatment of your eyes to your individual needs, giving you an impartial recommendation of the safest and most effective method to reduce your dependence on spectacles.

Our surgeon, James Ball is an NHS consultant at St James's University Hospital, Leeds (Jimmy's) and is also in practice at the following locations:

Clinics locations

Yorkshire Eye Hospital
St James Laser Vision, St James's Hospital, Leeds
Spire Hospital, Roundhay Hall, Leeds

We offer a wide range of eye treatments. Which one is best for you?

The answer depends on your specific refractive error, the severity (prescription) of the error, your lifestyle, and other medical factors that can be only identified at a consultation with an eye surgeon.

More common eye treatments include:

LASIK (the most commonly available type of eye laser surgery)
Surface laser treatment (LASEK, PRK) (less common, but more suitable to some patients)
Presbyopia lens exchange (PRELEX) to permanently reduce your need for reading glasses and varifocals
Cataract surgery

We also offer less common treatments targeted at specific conditions such as:

Phakic IOLs
Intacs for patients with keratoconus
Cross-linking (CR-3) for patients with keratoconus

We specialise in providing freedom from glasses and contact lenses

The range of eye problems we treat include:

Different people require different solutions

Generally, your vision problems and the ideal solutions to correct them will differ depending on your age range. (These ranges are general guidelines only)

To schedule a consultation

Please call 0845 6430 466 or fill in the web form to your right and we’ll get in contact with you.