Mr Philip Jaycock

Mr Jaycock is a NHS consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Bristol Eye Hospital and Bond Solon trained Expert Witness. His specialist interests include cataract, laser eye surgery, refractive lens surgery, cornea, keratoconus, collagen crosslinking (CXL) and general ophthalmology. Mr Jaycock has 21 years experience in ophthalmic surgery. He completed his fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (2009 - 2010).

Mr Jaycock is a member of the UK Cross-linking Consortium (UK-CXL) Steering Committee. He was appointed as the external examiner for refractive surgery to the University of Ulster (2014 - 2016). Mr Jaycock is a trainer on the Royal College of Ophthalmologists microsurgical skills course. He has been awarded The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Certificate in Laser and Refractive Surgery. Mr Jaycock has completed the Bond Solon training: Acting lawfully and ethically under Coronavirus Act course 2020 and Lessons learnt from COVID-19 - The way forward for Health and Social Care.

Mr Jaycock’s basic ophthalmology training was at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. Following this, he undertook two years of full time research in basic science and refractive surgery clinical follow-up studies, which culminated in the successful award of his Doctor of Medicine (MD), under the auspices of Professor Marshall at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. In one of the longest follow-up studies of refractive surgery, this work demonstrated the long-term safety and effectiveness of refractive surgery procedures after 12 years. Mr Jaycock is working in collaboration with engineering colleagues at Loughborough University to further develop a novel clinical device to screen for patients with keratoconus and further improve the safety and efficacy of present and future cornea and refractive surgery procedures.

Mr Jaycock has developed a National profile in the field of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery through publishing and presenting his innovative research work. He is widely published with 23 peer-reviewed publications and has given 33 International and National presentations. In the largest study of it’s kind, Mr Jaycock was the principle investigator in a multi-centre prospective case series evaluating the outcomes of 55,567 cataract surgery operations eyes using electronic patient records. This work has updated National and International benchmark standards for cataract surgery. He has published 5 peer-reviewed papers updating National and International benchmark standards for cataract surgery. Mr Jaycock is regularly invited to review papers for peer reviewed journals including the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Mr Jaycock undertakes medico legal work at The Nuffield Bristol Hospital, The Chesterfield 3 Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1BN.

Awarded the Cardiff University Law School Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate

Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, Member of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS), Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), Member of the UK Cross-linking Consortium (UK-CXL) Steering Committee