Current referral pathways for Cambridgeshire

Addenbrookes-For more information about referral pathways please see ” Useful documents – Addenbrookes Documents” for more referral information

Routine referral  – Please refer on Cinapsis or via GP (preferably on Cinapsis)

Emergency referral  – Emergency & urgent (<2 weeks). Email Hourly triage by nursing team.

Monday –Friday 9 -3.45pm Attach images/ OCT if available to:-

add-tr.emergencyeye@nhs.net

Emergency out of hours & cannot wait until next working day:- Telephone on-call ophthalmologist via switchboard 01223 245151 If unable to contact send to A&E with copy of referral

Wet AMD referrals

Please refer on Cinapsis or via e-mail to add-tr.amd@nhs.net (preferably on Cinapsis)

We are creating a rapid access pathway for suspect wet AMD. We hope that this will improve our referral to treatment times for patients and align the current multiple referral routes. Please see the attachments below:-

Letter to optoms (1)

SUR340 – Rapid access AMD service (3)

NWAFT wet AMD referral form (1)

Cataract referrals and post-op forms

All cataract referrals and post-op forms to Addenbrooke’s need to be submitted via an accredited optometrist on Cinapsis

Hinchingbrooke-

Routine referrals

email directly to Hinchingbrooke ideally via NHs.net account with copy to GP and to patient:

Nwangliaft.hheyereferrals@nhs.net

Emergency referrals

email directly to Hinchingbrooke ideally via nhs.net account with copy to GP and to patient: Nwangliaft.emergencyeyes@nhs.net

Cataract referrals

All cataract referrals to Hinchingbrooke need to be submitted directly via an accredited Optometrist, otherwise the referral would need to be submitted via GP

Peterborough City Hospital – 

Routine/ emergency

email directly to PCH ideally via nhs.net account with copy to GP and patient: Nwangliaft.ophthsecs@nhs.net

ACES

Founded in 2005, ACES is an independent provider of NHS Eye Care Services where patients are able to receive eye care in the community from consultant ophthalmic surgeons. Our ACES clinics house the latest diagnostic and treatment technologies, allowing us to provide NHS patients with timely, high quality cataract and general ophthalmic care without the need for a hospital visit.

We are proud to offer the following services to the community:

Pre & Post-op Cataract Care, Cataract Surgery, General Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Care, Oculoplastics and YAG Laser Treatment.

Telephone: 0333 188 2937

Email: aceseyeclinic.enquiries@nhs.net

Cinapsis

Electronic referral system where referrals can be sent to Addenbrookes, Hinchingbrooke or PCH hospitals directly. An account with Cinapsis is required to refer via this system.

https://www.cinapsis.org/

https://forms.office.com/r/9XjgayD7KU

Spa Medica

For cataract referrals, YAG, Wet AMD, Diabetic Macular Oedema, and Retinal Vein Occlusions,  email referral with copy to GP and patient directly to: Spamedica.referrals@nhs.net

Spa Medica can now receive referrals for AMD in Peterborough.

For more detailed information, please follow the link: https://spamedica.uk/6V22-95T7-21BE055BB19673DESEUCP201CD531A65718D9/cr.aspx

And if there are any issues or queries for CAT, YAG, Wet AMD, DMO and RVO please contact Ashley Ward on either ashley.ward@spamedica.co.uk  or on the mobile : 07938 836 612