COMMUNITY URGENT EYECARE SERVICE  (CUES) and

MINOR EYE CONDITIONS SERVICE (MECS)

Red eye or other recent minor eye problem? Please see information about the Inner South West London Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) and the Minor Eye Conditions SERVICE (MECS).

Service for Patients with a GP in MERTON, SUTTON,  WANDSWORTH, RICHMOND and KINGSTON

This is a FREE NHS service for people of all ages (children under 16 years must be accompanied at their appointment by an adult).

Minor eye conditions that can be seen under the service include:

• Red eye or eyelids
• Dry eye, or gritty and uncomfortable eyes
• Irritation and inflammation of the eye
• Significant recent sticky discharge from the eye or watery eye
• Recently occurring flashes or floaters
• In-growing eyelashes
• Recent and sudden loss of vision
• Foreign body in the eye

Note

This service is not for sight tests.

If you have an eye condition that is being regularly monitored by your optometrist or hospital eye service, this will not be covered by this service, for example: cataracts, diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma.