Conditions Seen and Services Offered:
- Strabismus (Squint) Clinics
- Eye Movement Disorder Clinics
- Neurology and Neurosurgery Referrals
- Conditions Related to Systemic Illnesses (thyroid eye disease, diabetes, MS)
- Stroke Assessment Clinics
- Children’s Orthoptic/Optometry Clinics
- Children’s Ophthalmology Clinics
- Children’s Oncology Clinics
- Goldmann Visual Field Assessment
- Research
- Teaching and training
Patients can be referred from Ophthalmologists, Paediatrians, other medical doctors, GPs, health visitors, and Optometrists.
Treatments Offered
Therapeutic interventions such as patching, eye drops, prisms, eye exercises for double vision and vision disorders.
Surgical interventions such as strabismus (squint) surgery and cataract removal in children.
Patient Resources
Visit the Leeds NHS Website’s Patient Resources Visit the Leeds NHS Website Eyes (Ophthalmology) Patient ResourcesChildren’s Vision Screening Service
In Leeds, children in reception year of school (aged 4-5 years) are offered a routine vision screening test in school usually conducted by the Leeds Community Healthcare 0 to 19 public health integrated nursing – Leeds Community Healthcare. This check aims to identify issues such as amblyopia (lazy eye) or reduced vision early and parents will receive a letter prior to the screening test.