Ophthalmology Department Information

Main Office

Ground Floor, Pathology Building, 19 St Asaph Street

Inpatient Services

Inpatient teams are by Consultant and are currently in Ward 20. The Consultants are:

Dr Antony Bedggood, Dr Jim Borthwick, Dr Geoff Duff, Assoc Prof Mark Elder, Dr Sean Every, Dr Russell Lienert, Dr Ainsley Morris, Dr Jo-Ann Pon, Dr John Rawstron, Dr Allan Simpson, Dr Rebecca Stack, and Dr Rob Weatherhead.

Consultation and On-call Service

24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Contact the Ophthalmology Registrar or Consultant on call through the operator on 364 0640. There is a specific on-call pager which is handed from Registrar to Registrar.

Outpatient Consultations

Outpatient consultations are achieved either by ringing the on-call Registrar or by faxing a referral to 364 1479.

Other Services

Ophthalmology offers a comprehensive diabetic screening programme and this can be accessed by faxing the clinical details to the above numbers. The Department also undertakes visual field tests including Humphrey and Goldmann visual fields, fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography scanning, and retinal photography.

Referral Guidelines

All referrals require a visual acuity. If the visual acuity is not normal, then the test must be repeated with a pinhole. This is mandatory for all referrals with the rare exception of the unconscious patient and the pre-verbal child. Please specify the preferred time-frame for the consultation.

Further referral and clinical information is also available on HealthPathways.


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Document Owner:	Blue Book Editorial Committee (see Who's Who)
Issue Date:	December 2013
Next Review:	December 2015
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