Local Referral Pathways:
For the Lincolnshire referral guidelines please click here
All referrals (routine, urgent and emergency) in Lincolnshire should now be sent via EeRS. You can access the Cinapsis website to do this here.
*Please note post cataract surgery complications must be referred via email to the Surgery Provider and NOT via Cinapsis*
Please refer to the below documents for guidance regarding emergency referrals:
EYE CASUALTY REFERRALS – this document includes what conditions are covered by what urgency
MAKING AN EYE CASUALTY REFERRAL
If you do not have access to Cinapsis please follow the pathways below:
Emergency Referrals
For same day / following day emergency referral (e.g. retinal detachments, acute angle closure etc) please telephone the oncall ophthalmologist on:
Lincoln Hospital:
01522 572292
email for supporting documentation: ulth.ophthalmologysecretarieslincoln@nhs.net
Boston Hospital:
01205 445626
email for supporting documentation: ulth.rod@nhs.net
Urgent Referrals
Please send urgent referrals (wet AMD type referrals including anything that you would have previously faxed directly to the hospital) should be emailed to EACH marked as URGENT and will be put on Cinapsis to be processed.
Email referrals to: licb.referrals.lincolnshireeach@nhs.net
Wet AMD referral template for ULHT
North West Anglia Foundation Trust AMD Referrals:
For those of you in Lincolnshire based Practices who refer into NWAFT (North West Anglia Foundation Trust) Hospitals – Peterborough City Hospital PCH and Hinchingbrooke Hospital HH – please be advised these are the updated email addresses to send referrals to
NEW wet AMD patients only– rapid access route nwangliaft.wetamd@nhs.net (please also see accompanying documents below):
Letter to optoms – explaining how to refer
SUR340 – Rapid access AMD service Patient Leaflet
NWAFT-wet-AMD-referral-form New WET patient AMD referral form
URGENT – existing wet AMD patients – nwangliaft.emergencyeyes@nhs.net
NON-URGENT existing AMD patients chasing appointments:
PCH – nwangliaft.ophthsecs@nhs.net
HH – nwangliaft.hhophthalmologysecs@nhs.net
Please ensure clinical staff in your practice (including Locums) are made aware of which email address they should be sending their NWAFT WET AMD referrals to.
Routine Referrals
If you do not have access to Cinapsis you may only do this using your own PRACTICE nhs.net account to keep patient details secure; photographs of referral letters are not allowed as this breaches NHS confidentiality and security guidelines in your NHS contract.
Email referrals to: licb.referrals.lincolnshireeach@nhs.net
Referrals are then triaged by a panel of accredited optometrists either into the Community Optometrist COTATS Service or secondary care.
A copy of the referral should be sent to the patients GP for information only.
GP LIST LINCOLNSHIRE – 4 JANUARY 2017
Failsafe
*FAILSAFE OFFICERS 2026 UPDATE* – For patients lost to follow up who are already under HES please email : ulth.failsafeeyes@nhs.net
Cancellations
If an appointment becomes inconvenient or the patient no longer wishes to attend- please ask the patient to make contact with ULHT (United Lincoln Hospital Trust) using the numbers below:
Glaucoma – 01205 333499
Medical Retina – 01522 309675
Oculoplastics – 01522 458636
Paediatrics – 01522 421503
General – 01205 333581
Outpatients – 01522 573200
Low Vision Aid Assessments
LVA assessment referrals should be sent via Cinapsis or if no access then please send to:
licb.referrals.lincolnshireeach@nhs.net
Please make it clear that it is for LVA assessment and which location is preferred by the patient: Grantham, Sleaford, Ruskington, or Lincoln.
ECLO based at ULHT Lincoln
Lincolnshire Sensory Services
contact@lincolnshiresensoryservices.org.uk
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