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Barts and The London Eye Service

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:

Clinics available on Choose and Book

Adult-squint/Neuro-opthalmology (RLH)
Cataract (Barts Hospital)
Cornea and Anterior Segment (Barts Hospital)
Lids, Lacrimal, Oculoplastic, and Orbit (RLH)
Glaucoma (Barts Hospital)
Glaucoma (RLH)
General Ophalmology (RLH)
Retina (RLH)
Retina (Barts Hospital)
General Ophthalmology (Barts Hospital)

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:

Central Appointments (CAO)
1st Floor, 9 Prescot Street
Barts and The London NHS Trust
London E1 8PR
Tel: 020 7767 3200
e-fax: 020 7791 9670
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm

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 020 7377 7000 and bleep the on-call ophthalmology senior house officer.