Luton Childrens/Orthoptic Referral Guidelines
Eye Clinic – Children’s Services
Liverpool Road Health Centre
9 Mersey Place
Liverpool Road
Luton
LU1 1HH
Children’s Community Health Hub
0300 555 0606
ccs.bedsandlutonchildrenshealthhub@nhs.net
Dear Optometrists,
The Community Eye Clinic consists of Orthoptists, Specialist Optometrists and a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist.
Referral Guidelines into the Community Eye Clinic
-Ensure all information is accurate and up to date
-Referrals will only be accepted for amblyopia if vision is 6/9.5-2 or worse. We do not undertake active amblyopia management in children with vision better than this.
We would recommend that children under the age of 7 should have a cycloplegic refraction.
Please prescribe any significant refractive error found
If reduced vision is caused by refractive error alone please review the child after a period of refractive adaptation (3 to 4 months). Referral in these cases is only required if the vision still remains reduced after refractive adaptation.
If there is a coexisting binocular vision anomaly such as a squint please prescribe spectacles. You can then choose to refer or monitor the effect of the spectacles and refer onwards if required.
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