Eye department (ophthalmology)

We provide a comprehensive service for people of all ages who have problems with their eyes or their vision. We provide outpatient clinics at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Wycombe Hospital, Amersham Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital and Buckingham Hospital. We perform day-case eye operations at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital.

Our urgent referral service (not a walk-in service) is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, running clinics seven days a week from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and from 10am to 4pm on weekends and public holidays.

We have an on call doctor 24 hours a day who sees any referral after hours that necessitates being seen the same day.

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• treatments provided

The eye problems we treat include cataract, glaucoma, squint and lazy eye, diabetic eye problems, retinal detachment and other diseases of the retina, eyelid and tear-duct problems, diseases of the cornea, optical problems (such as complex contact lens fitting and low vision assessment) and macular degeneration. We offer treatment for macular degeneration including photodynamic therapy and lucentis.

We have state-of–the-art imaging facilities to support our cataract, glaucoma, diabetic and macular degeneration services. We also have a visual electrodiagnostic service, a facility rarely available outside large teaching hospitals.