Luton and Dunstable Hospital Documents
Acute Eye Clinic
Mon – Fri 09:00 – 12:00 14:00 – 16:30
Please refer using the BUS Referral by
Electronic Referral System EERS
Direct Dial 01582 718320
If out of area please try
Email: ldh-tr.acute.eyeclinics@nhs.net
Please do NOT send a patient direct to the Acute department.
Out of Hours Service
Mon - Fri between 17:00 – 21:00 and
Weekends & Bank Holidays between 9:00 – 21:00
SWITCHBOARD 01582 491166
Bleep – 888 On Call Ophthalmologist
Patients should ONLY be sent directly to A&E if they have a problem which is immediately sight-threatening or life-threatening AND you are unable to get through to the on-call eye doctor via switchboard, having tried more than once.
The out of hours service does not have access to the EERS or EMAIL system.
ROUTINE
1. Send your normal GOS18/Referrals via the Electronic Referral System, EERS.
If out of area please use ldophthalmology@nhs.net
2. Send any "direct-access Cataract referrals" (if you are accredited on the cataract shared-care pathway) via
the Electronic Referral System, EERS.
Invoices please post once a month to: "FAO: Akil Kanani, Lead Optometrist, Eye Department, Ophthalmology, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton LU4 0DZ"