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Routine Non-Cataract Referrals

Glaucoma services are now commissioned by Hampshire ICB with the following ISPs (Independent Sector Providers)

  • ACES Southampton
  • CHEC Basingstoke
  • NewMedica Whiteley
  • PPG Portsmouth
  • PPG Southampton
  • SpaMedica Southampton

You may wish to have a Choice discussion with patients and refer directly to the above providers

Southampton

Send to the patient’s GP – allow at least four weeks for a patient to receive an appointment letter before checking on the status of their referral, should this be necessary – call patient services centre 023 81 205009
Please note that the ‘patient services centre’ deals with eye appointments for Lymington, Hythe and Romsey Hospitals as well as UHS (also known as ‘the General’)

University Hospital Southampton admin:
Email address – patientservicescentre@uhs.nhs.uk
Telephone – 023 8120 1429

Please note Solent Medical Services (SMS) are no longer accepting NHS referrals. (March 2025)

Isle of Wight

Please refer directly using email: iownt.ophth-referrals@nhs.net (ask for a read receipt on any e-referrals to confirm action) if possible. Alternatively refer via the GP

Portsmouth & SE Hampshire

Refer to the patient’s GP (From 1st April 2025, PPG are no longer the sole ICB comissioned provider for Glaucoma services, so in line with patient choice all referrals should now go via GP for a choice discussion)

West Hampshire

Refer to the patient’s GP

Basingstoke and Mid Hampshire

Refer to the patient’s GP

 

Useful Information

  • Click HERE for the College of Optometrists’ Guidance on Referral Urgency
  • Click HERE for Guidance on Quality Referrals from the College of Optometrists
  • Click HERE for further information from the AOP on referrals