Community Urgent Eyecare Service

The Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) provides urgent assessment, treatment or referral for acute eye conditions. See below for list of CUES ‘referral reasons’.

Referral Reason:

• Flahes/Floaters of less than 13 week duration
• Red eye with pain
• Photophobia
• Painful Eye
• New flashes/floaters (urgent)
• Blurry vision (non-refractive)
• Diplopia
• Distorted vision
• Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes (urgent)
• Symptomatic field loss
• Ingrowing eye lashes
• Non-penetrating foreign body
• Differential diagnosis of dry eye lasting longer than 2 weeks having seen the pharmacist
• Eyelid lumps and bumps
• White of eye anomaly

For further national information please visit : https://primaryeyecare.co.uk/services/urgent-eyecare-service/

For local guidance please visit:

https://www.primary-eyecare-north-yorkshire-and-humber.org/

CUES Provider List