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For Professionals

North East and North Cumbria

North East and North Cumbria

 

Services Available

Community Urgent Eyecare Service – Available for patients registered with a North Cumbria locality GP.

Minor Eye Conditions Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in the below localities only:

  • Country Durham
  • Darlington

Pre-Cataract Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in the localities below:

  • County Durham
  • Newcastle Gateshead, Northumberland and North Tyneside
  • Patients referred from Newcastle Hospital, Optegra or CHEC

Post-Cataract Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in the below localities only:

  • Country Durham
  • Darlington

Glaucoma Repeat Readings Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in the below localities only:

  • County Durham
  • Darlington
  • Hartlepool
  • Newcastle Gateshead
  • Northumberland
  • North Cumbria
  • North Tyneside
  • South Tyneside
  • Stockton on Tees
  • Sunderland

Glaucoma Enhanced Case Findings Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in Newcastle Gateshead, Northumberland and North Tyneside:

Ocular Hypertension Monitoring Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in the below localities only:

  • County Durham
  • Darlington
  • Newcastle Gateshead, Northumberland and North Tyneside

Children’s Post Vision Screening Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in the below localities only:

  • County Durham
  • Darlington
  • Hartlepool
  • Newcastle Gateshead
  • Northumberland
  • North Tyneside
  • South Tyneside
  • Stockton on Tees
  • Sunderland

Children’s Service – Available for patients registered with a GP in Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees only.

Easy Eyecare Service (PwLD) – Available for patients registered with a County Durham GP.

For more information on these services, click below:

Cataract Services

Cataract Services

For people who are considering having surgery to remove cataracts and for people who have had cataract surgery.
Children’s Services

Children’s Services

Primary Eyecare recommend that children have their eyes tested from an early age with a complete eye test by a qualified optician.
Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)

NHS North East and North Cumbria Community Urgent Eye Care Service (CUES)

Providing urgent assessment, treatment or referral for sudden onset eye problems such as flashes, floaters, vision loss or minor eye injuries.
Glaucoma Services

Glaucoma Services

Primary Eyecare Services’ Glaucoma Services include both referral filtering and disease monitoring.
Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

Assessment and treatment for people with recently occurring minor eye problems.

County Durham Easy Eye Care Service

The NHS County Durham Easy Eye Care Service sees Local opticians offer specially adapted eye tests and eye health check appointments across the North East and North Cumbria area for people with learning disabilities or autism.

Primary Eyecare Services has partnered with the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the following Local Optical Committees (LOCs),

North Cumbria LOC

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear LOC

Tees LOC

Durham LOC

to deliver these services.