Ophthalmology

Contact details

Telephone: 01604 545485
New appointments: 01604 523925
Follow up: 01604 545485

Opening times:

Day case unit: 7.30am – 7.00pm
Outpatients: 8.30am – 5.00pm

Eye casualty

To help to keep our patients and staff safe we are changing the way we operate our eye casualty service. The service will no longer operate as a walk-in service. Instead patients will need to contact us by phone before coming to the hospital. This means our team can provide support and medical advice over the phone without patients needing to come to hospital. If you do need to come to the hospital for medical help the team will arrange this with you.Please contact the service on 01604 545085 or 01604 634700 ext 8011

Eye casualty services are available:

Monday- Saturday 8.30am- 4.30pm
Sundays and Bank Holidays- 9.00am- 12.30pm.
Eye clinics: Vary in time between Mon – Fri 8.30am – 5.00pm

If you need urgent help outside of these hours please go to the Accident and Emergency department.

How to find us

We are based in Area L, the nearest car park is car park 4

Click here for the hospital map

Services

General ophthalmology including cataracts
Paediatric ophthalmology
Oculoplastics
Medical retina including diabetic retinopathy and age related macular degeneration
Corneal and external eye diseases
Orthoptic department
Low visual aid clinic
Artificial eye service

About the team

Six consultant ophthalmologists
Two staff grades, one trust grade, three specialist trainees, one GPVTS, one FTSTA
Five orthoptists
One low visual aid specialist

Facilities

Eye clinic with six consulting rooms, Argon and NdYAG laser machines, fluorescein angiograpghy, optical coherence tomography, corneal topography, visual field analysers, HRT scanner.
Eye Theatre with phacoemulsification machine
Eye casualty with treatment room
Orthoptic department