Blogs | The Eye Expert

In the news section I provide regular blogs to keep you updated about topical subjects that relate to eye health and also keep you informed about any meetings I am attending or courses that I have organised..

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Have a read of my latest blog posts to find out more about what I do.

Re-opening of services provided by the Eye Expert

Re-opening of services provided by the Eye Expert

June 11th, 2020

I am pleased to announce that I am once more able to offer a service to patients at Admiral House as part of Exeter Eye and our partners Ramsay health. Things will be very different to the pre-lockdown era with priority given to your health and minimising the risk of...

Eye survival for medical students – a narrated powerpoint presentation

Eye survival for medical students – a narrated powerpoint presentation

May 28th, 2020

With the current COVID19 situation I have been asked by my local medical school to present a talk that I usually give once a year to a live audience in the medical school lecture theatre. I have now prepared it as a narrated PowerPoint presentation that medical...

Thank you to the thoughtful person who made the headband

Thank you to the thoughtful person who made the headband

May 22nd, 2020

I would like to thank the anonymous person who made a fantastic selection of headbands and left them in eye theatre for people to take and use earlier this week. I chose a great looking Paul Smith / Damien Hurst design and it has made a huge difference to the comfort...

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Find out more about your surgeon, Peter Simcock

My blog will keep you up to date with developments in the world of eye surgery and also on my schedule of teaching and training events for patients, optometrists and trainee doctors.

Experience

Mr Peter Simcock MB ChB DO FRCP FRCS FRCOphth trained at three prestigious teaching hospitals, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

Reputation

Mr Peter Simcock is highly regarded by his fellow Consultants in the region as a reliable and authoritative second opinion on complicated and difficult cataract and retinal cases.

Innovations

Mr Peter Simcock was the first eye surgeon in the UK to pioneer the use of a “no or limited posture” technique in the treatment of macular holes with a scientific publication in 2000.

Publications

Mr Peter Simcock is renowned for his teaching ability and has trained doctors from around the world. He has published 3 books and has 45 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals.

NHS Work

Mr Peter Simcock's dedication to NHS work has resulted in being awarded a national clinical excellence award in 2009 and renewed in 2014 for services over and above what is contractually required.

Patient Feedback

Patient feedback is vital in order to improve the service. All patients have feedback forms given and Exeter Eye at Admiral House publishes patient reported outcomes on a quarterly basis.

Surgical Audit

At Exeter Eye all cataract surgery data is captured on an electronic patient record called Medisight and this facilitates continuous audit on outcomes such as improvement in vision and complication rates

Teaching

I provide teaching material for Medical Students, Eye Doctors, Optometrists and Patients in the form of videos and powerpoint slides. There will be some video material of operations I have performed.