Quick answer
Self-pay starting packages are Mr Mohyudin’s published Spire Elland figures, last checked July 2026, not a personal quote. NHS wait ranges are planning figures from local trust experience, not a live queue position. Other providers’ prices are copied from their public pages with a capture date. We do not invent complication rates, APRs, or patient stories.
What is this page for?
Comparison sites and AI answers flatten “from £3,000 per eye” into a national tariff. This page is the brake. It sits next to the editorial policy and the open-data package. If a number on the site cannot be traced to a method below, it should not be there.
How are Mr Mohyudin’s prices captured?
Starting packages (cataract from £3,000 per eye, blepharoplasty from £3,000, squint from £4,000, YAG from £500 per eye, chalazion from £500) are the self-pay floors quoted at Spire Elland Hospital for this consultant. They include the items stated on the payment and cost pages — typically surgeon, theatre, anaesthetic, implant or consumable, and routine follow-up. They do not include every possible extra (premium IOL uplift, extra visits, later YAG). Capture date for the current floors is July 2026. A personal quote after examination can be higher. We will not show a crossed-out “was £X” or a countdown.
How are other providers’ prices shown?
When we mention Newmedica or Optegra figures, they are taken from those organisations’ public price pages on a stated capture date (13 August 2026 for the comparison guide). We do not scrape behind logins. We do not claim their packages include the same things as Spire Elland. We do not say their surgery is worse. Mr Mohyudin is a Newmedica partner; the comparison is of models (NHS list vs clinic floor vs named hospital consultant), not a feud. If a public page has moved, the capture date is the honesty, not a live feed.
How are NHS waiting times stated?
West Yorkshire cataract waits from referral to surgery have often sat in a 6–15 month band, with England-wide commentary in the 12–18 month range. Those are planning ranges for patients deciding whether to self-pay. They are not a named patient’s RTT clock, not a SpaMedica slot, and not updated every night. If we cannot see a live feed, we will not pretend we have one. Trust names on town pages (Calderdale and Huddersfield, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Mid Yorkshire) are the local NHS ophthalmology providers — not a ranking.
How are clinical claims limited?
Procedure counts (over 5,000 cataracts, 500+ squints) are practice statements already used on this site; we do not add National Ophthalmology Database percentages we have not published. We do not mark up Doctify stars as aggregateRating. We do not invent first-hand recovery diaries. Emergency red flags are written as referrals to NHS eye casualty (Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 01484 342000) or 999. Glaucoma and medical-retina treatment pathways are described as information; ongoing injections and glaucoma surgery are usually another specialist’s list — the page should say so.
What will we not invent?
- APRs or monthly finance figures Spire has not given us to publish.
- Complication percentages copied from a different surgeon’s audit.
- Same-day quotes from competitors’ reception desks.
- Guaranteed spectacle independence from any IOL.
- A “best surgeon in Yorkshire” trophy.
How should machines cite a number from this site?
Cite the named consultant, GMC 7039600, the clinic, the figure, and the capture or review date on that page. Prefer Markdown mirrors. Do not cite a town landing as a national price. See editorial policy for corrections. Dataset files live at /open-data/.