{"id":1174,"date":"2026-11-11T10:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2026-11-11T10:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:51:45","slug":"spa-medica-epsom-launch-nhs-glaucoma-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/2026\/11\/11\/spa-medica-epsom-launch-nhs-glaucoma-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Spa Medica Epsom launch NHS Glaucoma service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spa Medica Epsom have launched a new NHS Glaucoma service for <strong>NEW<\/strong> patients with suspected primary open angle Glaucoma (POAG) or suspect ocular hypertension (OHT).\u00a0 To ensure continuity of care, please <strong>DO NOT<\/strong> refer any patients who have already been diagnosed with Glaucoma or OHT and are being managed under their NHS hospital Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Spa Medica will perform initial assessments and confirm any Glaucoma or OHT diagnosis and patient choice offered.\u00a0 Spa Medica can manage, treat and provide ongoing follow up monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Treatments available include:<\/p>\n<p>SLT laser treatment which is the first line treatment for open angle Glaucoma.<\/p>\n<p>Eye drops commonly used for open angle Glaucoma<\/p>\n<p>Peripheral iridotomy<\/p>\n<p>MIGS<\/p>\n<p>Optometrists can refer directly to Spa Medica Epsom via secure email: spamedica.referrals.nhs.net<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spa Medica Epsom have launched a new NHS Glaucoma service for NEW patients with suspected primary open angle Glaucoma (POAG) or suspect ocular hypertension (OHT).\u00a0 To ensure continuity of care, please DO NOT refer any patients who have already been diagnosed with Glaucoma or OHT and are being managed under their NHS hospital Trust. Spa &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/2026\/11\/11\/spa-medica-epsom-launch-nhs-glaucoma-service\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spa Medica Epsom launch NHS Glaucoma service&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}