"Emergency eye clinic "

About: Royal Hallamshire Hospital Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield S10 2JF

Posted via nhs.uk 5 years ago

I was referred by my optician with a letter to the emergency eye clinic, they said after test I had cataracts and should go back to my optician for a referel to the eye clinic fo a operation why couldn't the emergency eye clinic refer me why does my optician have to

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Nancy Henwood

Patient Experience Co-ordinator,

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 28/01/2020 at 14:23

Published on Care Opinion at 14:23

Thank you for leaving feedback and you have raised an understandable question. As an emergency service the Emergency Eye Clinic is not able to make a referrals for you into hospital for planned surgery to be arranged. Any planned surgery or investigation by a hospital specialist has to be requested by a patient's GP, optician or general dental practitioner if the area of concern is dental.
We hope this provides the clarification you were seeking.

With thanks and best wishes

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