May go private
When I had a buggered eye the NHS were superb
Did you volunteer for that or did the police catch him? 

Was a strange experience, sitting in the office and suddenly realised I was losing part of the sight in my right eye, it did recover over the years - well mostly. But I got hostipal appointment in about 48 hours and they said it'd have been mucho quicker if it'd been an arterial bleed.
So in my experience the NHS takes potential loss of sight very seriously.