Referrals
All routine referrals should be made via the GP
Please see the following link for more information:
Dorset-Urgent-Eye-Care-Triage-Tool
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)
or
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.
Dorset county Hospital
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
UHD
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)