Important Update regarding referrals to St James (LTHT)

26 August 2024

Dear Practice owners and colleagues

As per previous communications, Leeds Teaching Hospital’s pathway for Primary Care Optometrists has changed to EyeV. Leeds LOC with the technical support of EyeV would like to support practices to ensure they are fully operational with this new pathway for all by

2nd September 2024.

Please ensure the EyeV referral pathway is used for routine and urgent referrals to LTHT with immediate effect. (NB The WET AMD email referral pathway is currently unchanged.) It is essential that your practice, optometrists and locum colleagues have access so please ensure your team is familiar with the setup.

Ensuring a referral is received and triaged timely and securely is important. To enable that, colleagues at Leeds Teaching Hospital’s do appreciate optometric colleagues including appropriate images and OCT scans with their referral. The triaging team may reach out for extra information and clarification – your support and help is very much valued.

NHS mail will continue to accept referrals from other sources and optometry practices outside West Yorkshire. It can be also used in very extreme scenarios like outages.

Please do reach out for support if needed.

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