Routine Non-Cataract Referrals
Glaucoma Information
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
All community glaucoma services delivered through OPERA have been decommissioned as of 1st April 2025
Repeat Pressures and/or Visual Fields are not part of GOS and any further investigation requires referral for Ophthalmological opinion within a hospital setting
Imaging, including OCT is not mandatory in referrals. Please alert the LOC to any referral rejections requesting Repeat Pressures, Visual Fields or Imaging. The LOC can be contacted via email – isilk@hampshireloc.org.uk
LOC suggested commentary when rejecting requests for additional data, such as repeat IOP, Visual Fields or Imaging as part of a glaucoma suspect referral – here
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