For clinicians

Barts and the London Eye Service operate sub-specialised clinics for the assessment of ophthalmic conditions. Imaging equipment includes full anterior segment and retinal photography (including non-mydriatic photography and fluorescein angiography), and B-scan ultrasonography.

Visual field testing equipment is available on both sites. Orthoptists, optometrists and a dispensing optician operates clinics at Barts and The London hospitals, and when deemed necessary, appointments with the orthoptists and optometrists are scheduled to coincide with the patient’s appointment with the consultant.

Our sub-specialised ophthalmology clinics include:

Cataract service
Glaucoma service
Adnexal and anterior segment service (oculoplastic, lacrimal, eyelid and orbital surgery)
Ocular Immunology Service (uveitis and HIV/AIDS)
Medical Retina Service (diabetic eye disease and other retinal disorders)
Primary Care Clinic
Minor Operations
Neuro-ophthalmology and adult strabismus clinic
Ocular Oncology
Low vision clinic
Paediatric Opthalmology
Retinoblastoma

Our consultants are:

Miss Victoria Cohen Ocular oncology
Mr Andrew Coombes
Cataract, cornea, oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery
Mr John Hungerford Ocular oncology, retinoblastoma
Mr John Lee Neuro-ophthalmology and adult squint
Ms Esther Posner
Cataract and medical retina including diabetes
Mr Ashwin Reddy
Paediatric ophthalmology, retinoblastoma
Mr Mark Westcott
Cataracts, glaucoma, uveitis, HIV
Orthoptists Orthoptic clinics
Optometrists Low vision clinics, contact lens clinics

Routine Referrals

Referrals can be made using the choose and book system, or alternatively posted or faxed to the relevant consultant. If you are unsure of which consultant to address your referral to then please address it as “Dear Doctor” – the ophthalmology team will read the referral and assign the patient to the most appropriate clinic.

For consultants and / or clinics based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital:

Department of Ophthalmology
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
West Smithfield
London EC1A 7BE

Tel: 020 7601 7158
Fax: 020 7601 7863

For consultants and / or clinics based at The Royal London Hospital:

Department of Ophthalmology
2nd floor Outpatients building
The Royal London Hospital
Whitechapel
London
E1 1BB

Emergency referrals (24 hours a day)

Please telephone the hospital switchboard on 0207 377 7000 and bleep the on-call ophthalmology senior house officer.

Ocular oncology referrals

Referrals to the ocular oncology service can be sent by either post or fax. They can be addressed to either Mr John Hungerford or Miss Victoria Cohen.

Ocular Oncology Service
Barts and The London NHS Trust
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
West Smithfield
London EC1A 7BE

Fax: 020 7601 7863

The Children’s Eye Service

For details of how to refer a paediatric patient please visit our dedicated website for our children's eye service.

Retinoblastoma Service

For more details about our retinoblastoma service, please visit our dedicated website.

For GP advice during the day

Please telephone the hospital switchboard on 0207 377 7000 and bleep the on-call ophthalmology senior house officer.