Ophthalmology (eye care)

We treat most of the common eye condition including:

• Modern Cataract surgery one stop pre-assessment.
• Diagnosis and treatment for glaucoma
• Diagnosis and treatment for diabetic retinopathy
• Diagnosis and treatment of macular degeneration
• Paediatric eye conditions
• Squint in children and adults
• Diagnosis and treatment of eyelid conditions
• Minor eye surgery

We liaise closely with our paediatric, neurology, musculoskeletal and diabetic eye screening services at North Mid.

You can visit our Emergency Eye Clinic if you have an urgent eye condition or emergency only, such as: 

• Loss of vision, less than 24-48 hours duration
• Pain in eye, less than 24-48 hours duration
• Eye injury/ trauma
• Chemical injury to eye,
• Foreign body in eye
• Floaters getting worse. 

If you do not have one of the above listed conditions, then please contact us by telephone for advice before attending.

Phone numbers:

• 020 8887 3417
• 020 8887 2274

For other conditions that are not an emergency, please contact your GP or optometrist (see local optometry services). Please bring your GP or optometrist referral letter with you if you are referred to the Eye Emergency Clinic. 

Opening hours

• Monday-Thursday: 8.30am – 4pm (break 13:00-13:30)
• Friday 8.30am-12pm   

Location

• Clinic 2, main outpatients

For eye emergencies outside these hours please visit our A&E department or  see other nearby eye emergency services.

• Clinic 2 (eye casualty reception desk)
• Clinic 3 (eye clinic reception desk)
• Ground floor, Main Hospital Building – first right turn from main entrance and just beyond the Main Reception Desk.
• Day surgery Unit for adults - first floor
• Paediatric admission - first floor

For a routine appointment to the eye clinic, please bring:

• your list of medications
• glasses or spectacles (if prescribed).

You will initially have eyesight check up by a nurse. Most patients will need eye drops to open pupil (dilate) and have further tests and examination of inside the eye. These dilating drops can blur the eyesight for 2-6 hours.

Please do not drive and make arrangements to be picked up if not using public transport.

As you will be seen by minimum 2-3 clinicians please be prepared to spend 2-3 hours to complete all the tests and consultation.

On arrival report to main reception desk for first check in.

You will be advised to next report to reception in Clinic 3 (eye clinic reception desk)

Please ensure you let the receptionist know of your arrival before you are seated.

Your appointment may otherwise be delayed or missed.

Eye clinics : Mondays to Fridays 8.30am – 5.30pm

Eye casuality: Mondays to Thursdays 8.30am – 4.00pm, Fridays 8.30am – 12noon

We do not provide any routine eye services or eye emergency service at the weekends, evenings or Bank Holidays.

All Routine referrals are made via GPs ERS booking system. 

Urgent and referrals made directly by a GP, optometrist or other such medical professional.

Please see our Eye A&E section for further details for emergency consultation.

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The team

Miss Jyoti Raina	Clinical Director, Consultant specialist in Paediatric Ophthalmology
Mr Raal Obikpo	Consultant, specialist in Glaucoma
Mr George Palexas	Consultant, specialist in Medical Retina
Mr Theocharis Papanikolaou	Consultant, specialist in Medical Retina
Ms Clare Miller	Head Orthoptist
Mr Shakil Patel	Senior Orthoptist
Mr Hashim Suleman	Hospital Optometrist
Mrs Sally Utting Mr Biniam Habtemiceal	Advanced Nurse Practitioner Advance Nurse Parcatitioner
Neela Kisnareddy	Sister in Ophthalmology
Silvia Rusnakova	Sister in Ophthalmology
Mrs Shazia Soogund	Service Manager

Please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) to tell us about your experience of our services.

You can do this by calling 0208 887 3172 or via e-mail northmid.pals@nhs.net.

Your views will help us to improve our services so get in touch now!