Referrals

All routine referrals should be made via the GP

Please see the following link for more information:

Emergency Referrals – Bournemouth

Patients that need too be seen within 48 hours – EyeEmergency@uhd.nhs.uk

Urgent Referrals – eye.unit@nhs.net

Before emailing or sending a px to eye emergency at Bournemouth, please telephone:

0300 019 4181 (general number for patients and practitioners)

0300 0196319 (Exclusively for Optometrists and GPs)

Routine Referrals: Bournemouth have asked all routine referrals to be sent via CHEC or the GP as these require eRS.

To make a referral use the following triage email address:

Reitriage@dchft.nhs.uk

DCH will then contact the patient.

Opening hours: 9am-6pm Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Saturday

Emergency referrals ring triage on 0300 019 6039 (practitioner line), then email finding to eyeemergency@uhd.nhs.uk

Non-urgent referrals can be sent directly to eye.unit@nhs.net

(wet AMD & urgent macular referrals also use this email address)